Review: Music in the Burnhams
As I stood outside All Saints’ church at Burnham Thorpe, just before the concert started, a member of the audience commented to my colleague, ‘I bet you’d never heard of this chap Benedict before this festival!’
British Music in Bath
It may be unusual in a concert review to talk as much about the venue as about the music itself, but on 4 July, here in Bath, some remarkable British music was performed in a remarkable building…
Naming the nations’ composers
As we approach the silly season, Nicholas Keyworth takes a light-hearted look at composers named after England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland…
Music for Margaret
Memorial concerts commemorating departed loved ones are no novelty, but it’s surely extraordinary to find a memorial concert featuring new pieces specially composed from 14 British composers…
Let’s make a Celebration Blissfull!
Andrew Burn, chairman of The Bliss Trust, reflects on the ongoing commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death…
Great Expectations
Jack Van Zandt explores Walter Goehr’s contributions to British music…