Jan 25, 2024 | News
St. Elizabeth’s Church, Ashley, Cheshire WA14 3QE13 April 2024, 2.30pm The distinguished composer Anthony Gilbert died on 5th July last at the age of 88. He had succeeded Thomas Pitfield at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and was in charge of...
Jan 24, 2024 | News
ENDLESS FASCINATION The Life and Work of Thomas Pitfield, Composer, Artist, Craftsman, Poet Rosemary Firman Manchester: Forsyth, 2024ISBN 978-0-9514795-4-4£40 Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999), though best known as a composer (Prelude, Minuet and Reel for piano is his...
Jan 24, 2024 | News
A rarely heard piece of music by Alan Bush was performed by BMS member Dominic Daula at a festival in Cape Town last autumn – and can now be seen in a YouTube video which has appeared online recently. A man of many talents, Dominic currently lectures in the...
Jan 23, 2024 | News
Toccata Classics has launched a CD (TOCC 0713) of the choral music of Richard Lambert, who born in Bath in the English West Country in 1951. This new CD covers a wide range of expression, ranging from straightforward SATB chorus settings for church performance to a...
Jan 23, 2024 | News
The Malcolm Arnold Society, a charitable organisation formed in 1991, is keen to find an experienced digital media person for the voluntary role of Digital Marketing Manager to help it to communicate with existing members as well as attract a younger audience to...
Dec 28, 2023 | News
twisted skyscape is a re-release featuring British composers Philip Sparke, Adam Gorb, Gary Carpenter and Christopher Hussey in premiere recordings of their music. This unique and groundbreaking new classical music album is the first of its kind devoted entirely to...