Premiere commemorates shipping disaster

Premiere commemorates shipping disaster

Dec 16, 2024 | News

The City of London-based Lloyd’s Choir annual spring concert on 27 March at St Giles Cripplegate Church will feature the premiere of a new choral work commemorating the sinking of HMT Lancastria. 2025 will mark the 85th anniversary of this terrible event which...
Save the date: BMS AGM 2025

Save the date: BMS AGM 2025

Nov 28, 2024 | Inbox

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Composer Madeleine Dring in the spotlight

Composer Madeleine Dring in the spotlight

Nov 27, 2024 | Inbox

The latest issue of the Mozart Edition / EditionUK newsletter featured English composer Madeleine Dring whose legacy endures through her captivating contributions to 20th century British music. Dring (1923–1977) was a composer, pianist, violinist, and actress who was...
GRACE WILLIAMS: Orchestral Works

GRACE WILLIAMS: Orchestral Works

Nov 27, 2024 | CD reviews

BBC Philharmonic OrchestraJohn Andrews conductor Resonus Classics RES10349Grace Williams, born in Barry, south Wales, was a Welsh composer through and through and felt most comfortable in her homeland. But she spent many years away, studying notably in London with...
JESSY REASON: Piano and Chamber Music

JESSY REASON: Piano and Chamber Music

Nov 27, 2024 | CD reviews

Leora Cohen violinDuncan Honeybourne piano PRIMA FACIE HERITAGE PFCD231 Jessy Reason, always known professionally by her initials, was evidently a devoted and gifted writer; yet apart from one song premièred at Wigmore Hall in 1924, no performances outside the family...