The Rutland Boughton Music Trust is building a new website. Although still work in progress it does include a complete work list with sources for Rutland Boughton’s music and a discography. BMS CD 431 Songs of Rutland Boughton is still available to members at just £5...
From the glass panes of screens to border-seas, to the seal of our own bodies – how do we transcend the divisions by which we define ourselves? A new cantata in Scots and Yiddish explores the physical realities of language in our increasingly virtual...
Ireland and Britten I was interested to read the article “Never Forgotten” in the Autumn issue of BMS news. The plaques of Britten and Ireland reminded me of my visit to those composers’ birthplaces. Britten’s birthplace is a comfortable B&B where one can sleep in...
Following recent feature in BMS E-News and Printed News about musicians recognised by blue plaques, here is a picture of the Blue Plaque which was officially installed by John McCabe during the annual Rawsthorne Weekend in 1998. Monica McCabe writes: this took place...
The George Lloyd Society has recently published their latest occasional newsletter, with much interesting material. This includes the composer talking about his memories of Crystal Palace, (the plate-glass structure, not the football team) and the early days of...
