The Platinum Project

The Platinum Project

The Dionysus Ensemble was awarded National Lottery funding to commission female Scottish composer Seonaid Aitken to write a new suite for the Platinum Jubilee for string quartet, clarinet and harp. The work is all about female empowerment, celebrating strong women who...
Philharmonia Composers Academy 2022-23

Philharmonia Composers Academy 2022-23

Applications are now open for the  Composers Academy 2022-23. This established programme has been developed by the Philharmonia Orchestra for exceptional musicians looking to develop their skills in composition through coaching and mentoring. The programme is...
Friends and Lovers at the London Song Festival

Friends and Lovers at the London Song Festival

The theme of this year’s London Song Festival is ‘Friends and Lovers’. Each  concert paints an intimate and revealing portrait of a close relationship, whether romantic or purely friendship, between a poet and a composer.  Taking place at the Hinde Street...
Early history of the BMS

Early history of the BMS

Some members might be aware that the British Music Society existed in various forms with branches around the world before the formation of the current society.  Mr. Raju S M wrote to the BMS recently from Bangalore in India as follows: ‘Many years ago, we found a...
ALEC ROWLEY: Piano Works

ALEC ROWLEY: Piano Works

John Lenehan DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7401 As I glanced through the August issue of Gramophone magazine, I noticed the advert proclaiming this release. Although there are other CDs which include individual works, this is the first devoted entirely to Rowley, none of whose...