The John Ireland Charitable Trust reports on an eventful 2022 with a range of exciting projects. These include: The Presteigne Festival – Ireland’s Concertino Pastorale, solo songs, etc. The English Music Festival – a selection of Ireland’s choral music...
Pianist Matthew Schellhorn has announced that his new album of Howells piano music (volume 2) will be released on 2 December. It is now available for pre-order from Amazon This recording was made possible thanks to the general assistance from The Herbert Howells...
Violinist and BMS member Madeleine Mitchell reports on her busy season of festivals and music courses in Italy, France and Wales. One of her highlights from the last season was performing Grace Williams’ Violin Concerto and Vaughan...
An album of less well-known works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, performed by Mark Bebbington and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, is due to be released by Resonus Classics on 9 December 2022. This will be British pianist Mark Bebbington’s third recording for Resonus...
BMS members may be interested to know of a forthcoming project to record Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s most famous and popular opera, Shamus O’Brien. It is planned for January and February 2023, in Glasgow, Scotland, with the orchestra of Scottish Opera,...
Damian Thompson wrote an interesting article in The Spectator on 22 November tracing the influence and involvement of the British monarchy on British music over the centuries. British composers Julius Benedict, Sir Hubert Parry, Sir Edward Elgar, George Frederick...
