Malcolm Arnold: Music for Brass Band
[Arnold’s] ability to write for and his love of the music of brass bands is no doubt connected to the fact that before becoming a composer he was principal trumpet player with the BBC Symphony Orchestra…
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Do you remember The Ghosts of Motley Hall on TV in the 1970s? It was filmed at the fictional Motley Hall – home to the fictional Uproar family…
Mad Kings and Magic Squares
Max has said that his first musical memory of attending a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers when he was four was the event that put him on the road to becoming a composer…
CONCERT REVIEW: Endless Fascination
The event was something of a marathon, presenting a generous variety of his chamber works alongside a number of miniatures composed in tribute to him…
The Triumph of Time
Harry Birtwistle was raised in Accrington, Lancashire, and as a young man had taken up the clarinet with the encouragement of his mother…
Only the Notes You Need
Adam Pounds recalls three years of study with Lennox Berkeley…