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ROBERT SAXTON: Portrait

Jan 18, 2023 | CD reviews

Andrew West / Claire Hammond Fidelio TrioJames Turnbull oboeMadeleine Mitchell violinRoderick Williams baritoneSt Paul’s Sinfonia, Andrew Morley conductor Métier – Divine Art Recordings MSV 28624 It is hard to believe that Robert Saxton (who I still think of as...

COOKE: Organ Music

Dec 27, 2022 | CD reviews

Tom Winpenny organist of St Albans Cathedral TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 659 Sonata No. 1 in G (1971)*; Fantasia (1964); Prelude, Intermezzo and Finale (1962)*; Sarabande (1960-1); Toccata and Aria (1966); Suite in G (1989); Impromptu (1966); Prelude for Tudeley...

Tribute: BMS founder member Brian Blyth Daubney

Dec 27, 2022 | News

10 July 1929 – 4 November 2022 Composer and poet, Brian Blyth Daubney was an outstanding Founder member of the British Music Society. Joining as member number 44 in 1979, Brian served on the Committee from 1986-1995. During that time, he filled the position of...

Carols from King’s

Dec 27, 2022 | Features

A British musical tradition broadcast to the world Did you watch or listen to Carols from King’s this year? If so, you are one of many millions of people around the world who have been tuning in for nearly a century to what has become a Christmas tradition and...

Tribute: Marcus Blunt

Dec 26, 2022 | News

31 December 1947 – 21 July 2022 Obituary and a tribute via some reminiscences of Verselets I was much saddened to hear that my old friend Marcus Blunt (pictured above in May 1976) had passed away after a lengthy illness. He was a fine composer...