Several BMS members and friends have enjoyed the July private screening of the John McCabe film tribute which was produced by former BMS chairman, Wendy Hiscocks. Comments have included: “It is beautifully and thoughtfully put together, informative and also...
A new book examining ten concerts that shaped the world’s oldest classical music festival was published in July. The Three Choirs Festival is the world’s oldest classical music festival, originating in the early eighteenth century and alternating each year...
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Gustav Holst, SOMM Recordings has announced the release on 16 August of a two CD set of delightful never-before-released recordings. Here are works of grand and intimate scale, for orchestral and chamber...
The music of Sheffield-born composer Wilfred Heaton (1918-2000) will be the focus of a new album from Divine Art due to be released in early 2025. Heaton is a household name in the brass band world, where some of his early worlds enjoy ‘classic’ status. After his...
The UK’s new Secretary of State for culture, media and sport is Wigan MP, Lisa Nandy. Thangam Debbonaire, the former shadow secretary for culture and Royal Academy of Music trained professional cellist, had been widely expected to become Culture Secretary had she...
It is with regret that we have to report the death of the distinguished Scottish conductor, James Loughran, who died on 19 June at the age of 92. In the UK he is best remembered as the conductor who took over the Hallé Orchestra after the death of Sir John Barbirolli...
