Malcolm Arnold Centenary Concert
Pickup Orchestra of Royal College of Music StudentsPoppy Beddoe clarinetDaniel Hogan conductor 13 NovemberSt Stephen’s Church, Gloucester Road, London While not a single one of the major London orchestras has programmed a note of Sir Malcolm Arnold’s music in this his...
Hello to new members
We welcome these new members who have joined the society recently: Marjorie Cullerne, Victoria BC, CanadaChan Chak Hang, Hong KongGuanjie Hua, London James Johnston, Bradenton,...
Tributes to Giles Easterbrook
In Memoriam Giles Easterbrook 1949 – 2021 Andrew Burn, Chairman of the Bliss Trust, profiles and recalls his friend, BMS Vice-President, Giles Easterbrook, and three of the composers whose works he published – Stephen McNeff, Geoffrey Poole and...
Obituary: Gordon Crosse
1 December 1937 – 21 November 2021 Gordon Crosse was born in Bury, Lancashire, where his father worked for the Midland Bank, on 1st December 1937. Though plagued by illness for much of his life (see Crosse’s own notes) his father was a talented amateur pianist,...