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MARTIN BUSSEY: A Brother Abroad

Jan 27, 2025 | CD reviews

Marcus Farnsworth baritoneAlison Rose sopranoMartin Bussey conductor RESONUS RES10350 Peter of Bologna (c1260-1332), Suffragan Bishop of Corbavia (in Croatia) ministered across Europe and spent the last 15 years of his life in England. He dedicated Pinner Parish...

GAVIN HIGGINS: The Faerie Bride / Horn Concerto

Jan 23, 2025 | CD reviews

BBC National Orchestra of WalesJaime Martin, Martyn Brabbins conductorsLyrita SRCD440 [2 CDs]Born in 1983 in the Forest of Dean, Gavin Higgins has been composer in association with the BBC NOW. His multi-award-winning works are not part of the avant-garde but grow out...

Versatile musician Elgar Howarth dies aged 89

Jan 16, 2025 | News

We regret to inform members of the death on January 13th of the versatile musician, Elgar Howarth. A trumpeter, composer and later, conductor of repute, he studied at the Royal Northern College of Music (as it was then called) where his fellow students...

BMS AGM 2025

Dec 28, 2024 | Inbox

The BMS AGM will be held on Saturday 22nd February 2025 in St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing at 5.30pm – in the break between Ealing Symphony Orchestra’s rehearsal and the concert which starts at 7pm. The ESO concert opens with Ruth Gipps...

TOM COULT: Pieces That Disappear

Dec 24, 2024 | CD reviews

BBC Philharmonic Elena Schwarz, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Gourlay conductors NMC NMCD261 Tom Coult, born in London in 1988, has had considerable success in a variety of musical genres and is currently composer in association with the BBC Philharmonic. That...