Holst concerto to premiere in London
Imogen Holst’s Violin Concerto will be given its first public performance in London by Midori Komachi in November. Violinist and composer Midori Komachi is reviving this neglected British violin concerto as part of her latest project bridging UK and Japanese cultures...
British music featured in Leeds festival
The Red Violin Festival, taking place in Leeds from 14th to 19th October, will feature a wide range of British music including works by Coleridge-Taylor, Purcell and Britten. Founded by violinist Madeleine Mitchell in 1997, this year’s festival will include the...
Concert celebrates Holst’s 150th anniversary
BMS members are being offered discounted tickets to an event next month celebrating the 150th anniversary of composer Gustav Holst which is being held as part of the London Song Festival’s autumn series of concerts called Class of 1874. “Holst believed...
GEORGE LLOYD: The Piano Works Solo & Duo
Anthony Goldstone and Caroline ClemmowKathryn Stott Martin Roscoe LYRITA SRCD.2423 To those unfamiliar with George Lloyd’s music or biography, the difficulties and reverses that he suffered, both personal and professional, recall another composer of the...