Sep 26, 2022 | Features
Many of us who watched the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September will have been moved by the thoughtful choice of music old and new. Highlights included new settings by the Master of the Queen’s (now King’s) music, Judith Weir and Scottish composer...
Sep 22, 2022 | Features
The early years of William Sterndale Bennett On a recent visit to the city of Sheffield – the city of Steel – my attention was struck by an impressive monument in the Cathedral commemorating Sir William Sterndale Bennett which led to some interesting local...
Aug 30, 2022 | Features
‘He’s due for a serious revival!’ So says Leslie Howard at the end of Leonard Salzedo, a Life Composed in Music, the film Leonard’s daughter Caroline made about her father for his centenary last year. To kick start this, the Leonard Salzedo Society is organising a...
Aug 30, 2022 | Features
I was deeply saddened to learn that the wonderful composer Marcus Blunt passed away on 21 July after a long illness bravely borne. Marcus has left us with a significant body of well-crafted, considered music that shows him to have a distinctive voice. Deeply inspired...
Jul 11, 2022 | Features
A personal appreciation of Alexander Goehr on his 90th birthday by Jack Van Zandt The greatest teachers are the rare ones who profoundly change you as a human being and whose lessons affect you throughout a lifetime. For me, Alexander “Sandy” Goehr has been that...
Jun 27, 2022 | Features
Readers will by now be aware that conductor David Lloyd-Jones died on 8 June. Other obituaries have already provided a detailed account of David’s professional career, most adding ‘after a short illness’, but David had been in declining health since before the start...
