HAVERGAL BRIAN: Symphonies 3 & 17

HAVERGAL BRIAN: Symphonies 3 & 17

New Philharmonia / Royal Philharmonic OrchestrasRonald Stevenson, David Wilde pianosStanley Pope Conductor HERITAGE HTGCD 153 I first heard the 3rd Symphony years back – in this same performance – via a ropey bootleg LP, and despite the frying-pan surfaces, the...
Philharmonia concert ticket offer

Philharmonia concert ticket offer

BMS members can access a 20% discount on tickets when John Wilson conducts the Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall on 10 February at 7.30pm. The Philharmonia will perform two of the finest works ever written by British composers with violinist James Ehnes...
RVW 150th anniversary celebration publication

RVW 150th anniversary celebration publication

The official Collectors’ Edition celebrating the composer’s life and works in his 150th anniversary year is now on sale. Published by Choir & Organ, this anniversary edition presents a broad cross-section of the composer’s works drawing partly on archive...
MILES: Chamber Music Vol 1

MILES: Chamber Music Vol 1

Kasia Ziminska violinAlice Purton celloIan Tindale piano MPR111CD Reviewing ‘rediscovered’ music sometimes means struggling to find something polite to say.  No such need here! Percy Hilder Miles was a Professor at the RAM and the author of some 140 extant but...
Song festival competition

Song festival competition

British Art Song Masterclass and Competition 2021Saturday 11 December1901 Arts Club, Waterloo The annual London Song Festival Masterclass and British Art Song Competition was held on Saturday 11 December at the 1901 Arts Club, Waterloo.  Staged in conjunction...