Do you remember The Ghosts of Motley Hall on TV in the 1970s? It was filmed at the fictional Motley Hall – home to the fictional Uproar family. In reality this is Borwick Hall which I stumbled across recently on a trip up the Lancaster canal in north...
Long-term BMS member Frank James Staneck is delighted to announce the publication of his violin and piano arrangement of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Charterhouse Suite. Originally for piano, the six movements were first released by the same publisher in 1921....
An ‘archive’ recording comprising remastered LP and 78 rpm discs is being launched by Albion on 6 September 2024. The album is entitled The Grinke legacy (ALBCD061) after Frederick Grinke, soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. Grinke (1911–1987) was a favourite of...
A personal celebration by Jack Van Zandt of Peter Maxwell Davies on the 90th anniversary of his birth It’s hard to imagine the impoverished world of working class Northern England where Peter Maxwell “Max” Davies grew up in the 1930s and 40s, but if you have ever read...
Early yesterday morning Schott UK announced the death of the influential composer Alexander Goehr at the age of 92. Christopher Peter wrote the following on the publisher’s website yesterday: “Distinguished composer and teacher, Goehr’s substantial impact...
