RSCM marks centenary of Stanford’s death

RSCM marks centenary of Stanford’s death

Jun 25, 2024 | News

The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) marks the centenary of Charles Villiers Stanford’s death with a series of special events Charles Villiers Stanford, one of the great choral composers of the late 19th/early 20th century, died on 29 March 1924. As executors of...
The Triumph of Time

The Triumph of Time

Jun 25, 2024 | Features

A personal celebration by Jack Van Zandt of Harrison Birtwistle on his 90th birthday One day in 1953, Harrison “Harry” Birtwistle travelled with his friends Alexander “Sandy” Goehr and Peter Maxwell “Max” Davies to London from Manchester, where they were fellow...
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Orchestral Songs

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Orchestral Songs

Jun 19, 2024 | CD reviews

Sharon Carty mezzo sopranoMorgan Pearse baritoneBBC SingersBBC Concert OrchestraJohn Andrews conductor RESONUS RES10345 CVS of course crops up in the biographies of his many successful pupils who forged newer forms of expression, though with his own basically late...
THE NAMING OF BIRDS: British Wind Quintets

THE NAMING OF BIRDS: British Wind Quintets

Jun 19, 2024 | CD reviews

Lumas Winds Champs Hill Records CHRCD170 The five players are recent graduates of the Royal Academy, and the Royal College of Music. They were winners of the 2023 Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition. They are lively group of excellent players who bring much...
ROGER QUILTER: Go, Lovely Rose

ROGER QUILTER: Go, Lovely Rose

Jun 18, 2024 | CD reviews

James Gilchrist tenorAnna Tilbrook Piano CHANDOS 20322 When I opened the packaging for this disc, I suspected that much of music would also be found on one of my favourite discs of English songs, that by Anthony Rolfe-Johnson with Lisa Milne and others, on Naxos...