Appreciation of classical music hits six year peak
The proportion of UK adults who enjoy exploring classical music at home has hit a six-year peak, according to new figures from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra…
New book charts life of distinguished musician
In Time to Declare: My Life in Church Music, the distinguished organist and choral conductor Martin Neary offers an extraordinary journey through his life in music…
Choir of King’s College to release new Christmas album
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, is to release a new Christmas album featuring a selection of arrangements and original works for choir and orchestra…
Bite-Back: selling CDs as recorded music evolves
After reading our recent article about the changing world of recorded music, a BMS member asks how to sell a CD collection…
Concert celebrates Bradford’s forgotten composer
The life and music of the forgotten Bradford composer Frederic Cliffe will be remembered at a special concert taking place next month…
Obituary: Raymond Warren
Professor Raymond Warren, who has died aged 96, was part of that Interwar generation of British composers that owed a stylistic debt to Tippett and Britten…