The Hungarian Cultural Centre London is hosting a series of events celebrating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian-British composer Mátyás Seiber (1905– 1960). Seiber was a pioneering composer who became the first professor of jazz at the Hoch...
1940 – 2025 Distinguished harpsichordist and BMS member Alan Cuckston studied with Fanny Waterman in Leeds where he was born on 2nd July 1940. I first encountered him as a young man at the start of his career in the mid-sixties playing in Leeds which opened a...
Born in Bolton in 1903, Thomas Pitfield was an almost exact contemporary of his fellow Lancastrian, William Walton. But he enjoyed none of the remarkable luck that saw Walton translated from Oldham to Oxford, and ultimately to an island in the Bay of Naples where he...
The Dionysus Ensemble has released the premiere recording online of John Joubert’s Octet. First performed in 1961 by the Melos Ensemble, this recording has been made in collaboration with Anna Joubert (John’s daughter) and her family. Scored for clarinet,...
NMC Recordings has announced the forthcoming release of two albums featuring music by the award-winning composer Martin Iddon and an album of works for cello performed by Clare O’Connell as part of its Artist Series. The albums are: Martin Iddon: HesperidesQuiet Music...
