Members offer for G&S Festival 2022

Members offer for G&S Festival 2022

The 28th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival is offering BMS members a 10% discount on performances at the Royal Hall, Harrogate from 10 August – 21 August 2022. Enter the code BMS2022 when booking online at www.gsfestivals.org or quote it when calling the...
New performances of work by Ailsa Dixon

New performances of work by Ailsa Dixon

Now that live music is returning, two more concerts featuring works by the composer Ailsa Dixon have been scheduled for April: Music for Piano Duet on 2 April and Quartets for Palm Sunday on 10 April. Concert plans featuring Ailsa’s work were interrupted by the...
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF BRITISH SONG

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF BRITISH SONG

Volume 3 James Gilchrist-tenorNathan Williamson-piano SOMM RECORDINGS 0646 Volume 1 consisted of songs by Gurney, Rebecca Clarke, Holst and Bridge. Volume 2 threw up a few surprises with composers like Maconchy, Alan Bush and Alan Rawsthorne. Volume 3 introduces five...
EDWARD COWIE: Bird Portraits

EDWARD COWIE: Bird Portraits

Peter Sheppard Skærved violinRoderick Chadwick piano métier  msv 28619 Edward Cowie’s Bird Portraits is virtually unique. Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux comes nearest, but in his extensive programme note, Cowie stresses the difference between his and Messiaen’s...
Special commission to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Special commission to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

The Royal School of Church Music announces the Platinum Project, a special choral music commission from award-winning British composer Thomas Hewitt Jones (pictured above) to commemorate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022.  In Our Service is a four...