If all you knew of Delius was Brigg Fair you would think he was an English composer. If all you knew was Appalachia or the Florida Suite you would think he was an unusually good American one. If it were the Song of the High Hills, then Norwegian…
I would go as far as to say this is one of the best books of its type I have ever come across, and up there with, say, Lewis Foreman’s Bax…
This is ‘simply’ a book about sound. Except it is not simple at all. For such a commonplace entity, its control and dissemination is a hugely complex matter…
Here we have another beautifully produced and thought-provoking text from the Boydell Press. It features on this occasion the music and thought of the composer Julian Anderson, who is internationally known as one of the leading creative spirits of his generation.
In these days of COVID-19 monotony one occasionally gets a surprise to brighten up one’s day. Recently I received a delightful package in my letter box – a newly written biography of Dulcie Holland.
A disastrous Promenade Concert reception became a momentous turning point in the stormy life of composer, Peter Maxwell Davies.