Nov 10, 2025 | Features
As the glorious Llangollen Canal meanders through the borders of Cheshire, Shropshire and North Wales it touches the hidden gem of Whitchurch. Nicholas Keyworth discovered that it was here that the composer Sir Edward German was born in 1862…
Oct 6, 2025 | Features, Reviews
What more refreshing a way for a opera company to launch its new season than with a British work involving the next generation of singers, musicians, creative technicians and administrators as well as new audiences for opera…
Sep 9, 2025 | Features, Reviews
A field of butterflies on the Pennine Moors, ethereal poetry and fascinating music in your ears as you explore the wild landscape above Haworth in West Yorkshire…
Aug 13, 2025 | Features
After a series of posthumous premieres of works found in her musical archive, the resurgence of interest in Ailsa Dixon’s music is now being marked by a new recording of her chamber music…
Jul 21, 2025 | Features
The late and much-lamented Anthony Green was a prolific composer, fine pianist, an inspiring teacher and an indefatigable and loyal champion of the music of his contemporaries…
Jun 25, 2025 | Features
Do you remember when CDs first appeared in the record shops? Did you have conversations about which was better: CD’s or Vinyl – or even cassettes?