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VOYAGE OF A SEA-GOD

Jul 22, 2021 | CD reviews

Michael Hancock pianoCarducci String QuartetLaurence Perkins BassoonCBSOWilliam Goodchild conductor HYPERION RECORDS CDA68371/2 (two discs) The programme here follows the repertory for bassoon on its interesting journey from 1900-1999. Most, but not all, are by...

Jury for youth music contest announced

Jul 21, 2021 | News

In association with the British Music Society and in partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, the Amy Yuan Academy’s 4th New Talent British International Youth Music Competition has announced this year’s jury panel. In addition to the competition, a series of...

RICHARD ADDINSELL: British Light Music

Jul 21, 2021 | CD reviews

Philip Martin pianoRoderick Elms pianoBBC Concert Orchestra Kenneth Alwyn conductor NAXOS 8.555229 This disc is not about the Warsaw Concerto. It is not the about Warsaw Concerto because it is not included (although there is room) possibly because it has...

Award for baroque violinist

Jul 20, 2021 | News

It is with great pleasure that we note that the German town of Magdeburg, birthplace of Georg Philipp Telemann, has awarded this year’s Telemann prize to Elizabeth Wallfisch, the leading baroque violinist, who is also the wife of our own President, Raphael...

Ernest John MOERAN: His Life and Music

Jul 20, 2021 | Book reviews

Ian Maxwell THE BOYDELL PRESS (355 pages) Ian Maxwell has been examining and researching the life and work of E J Moeran for over 15 years and this book is the distillation of these efforts into a magnificent book detailing his conclusions. The scholarship is...