Nocturne: composed during lockdown
British composer John Whittaker shares a film of his ‘Nocturne’ which was composed during lockdown. This is one of a set of four songs composed for soprano and piano and is accompanied by a beautiful film of the English...
Obituary: David Beck
Despite, or perhaps because of, sharing a surname with Swiss, German, American and Canadian composers, the British composer David Beck, who died on 7th July last, of oesophageal cancer, remained for much of his life in the shadows as an orchestral violinist. He was...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: Cello Concerto, Symphony no 5
Florian Arnicans, celloLiepāja Symphony OrchestraJohn Gibbons conductor TOCCATA TOCC0600 I have known Wordsworth’s Cello Concerto from a venerable BBC broadcast without ever being quite engaged by it, so this CD première from (among others) our very own Vice Chairman...