Following Dr Maxwell’s letter questioning whether BMS should feature reviews of living composers, three members have responded below with their views: I was pleased to see Dr Maxwell’s letter in the December E-News, not merely because it is so rare that we...
Lesser known repertoire by mostly British composers including Stanford and Holst feature in the newly released evening programmes for the 2024 Three Choirs Festival which will take place from 27 July to 3 August. Worcester Artistic Director Samuel Hudson marks the...
Introducing a new, regular feature – a summary of stories from the last month about the musical world… David Pickard, director of the BBC Proms will leave his post after next summer’s classical music festival. He will have planned and delivered nine Proms...
Love listening to music? Have good musical knowledge and a discerning ear? Can write effective and concise text? CD production seems to be on the increase again so we are on the look out for new people to add to our team of CD reviewers. If you are interested please...
AGM, 27 October 2023, 2-4pmBritish Film Institute, Screening Room 2Stephen Street, London A summary of the Society’s activities in the following key areas during 2022-23. E-News, Printed News and websiteRevolution Arts (Nicholas Keyworth and Ian Martin) continue...
We were a cosy gathering in the attractively refurbished BFI foyer and screening room 2 for this year’s AGM on 27 October 2023. Monica McCabe and Anna Joubert attended the preview of the John McCabe video tribute that was preceded by a short promotional video of...