The Changing World of Recorded Music
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?
Remembering Anthony Gilbert
July 5th marks the second anniversary of the passing of celebrated composer and longtime Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) composition professor Anthony ‘Tony’ Gilbert…
The Lancashire Caruso
How many British opera singers get a Wetherspoons pub named after them? Not many – but here’s one I stumbled upon when cruising along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal…
ENDLESS FASCINATION: The life & work of Thomas Pitfield
Born in Bolton in 1903, Thomas Pitfield was an almost exact contemporary of his fellow Lancastrian, William Walton. But he enjoyed none of the remarkable luck that saw Walton translated from Oldham to Oxford..
John W. Duarte: ‘For the joy of it’
‘We made music just for the joy of it’, is a quote, describing the pre-WWII music-making by the British composer, arranger, editor, writer and teacher, John W. Duarte…
Review: Carlisle Music Society
We were treated to a master class of musicianship by three very experienced and talented musicians, all extremely well known in their specialist fields…