Congratulations to viola player Mark Chivers for organising a wonderful festival celebrating composer Doreen Carwithen’s centenary. This took place between 30 June and 3 July in the extremely attractive village of Haddenham where she was born. I was very pleased to...
A bronze plaque commemorating the composer Arnold Bax and his residency at the Morar hotel from 1928 to 1940 and where he composed some of his finest scores has finally been installed. This project was led by Chris Bye, BMS member and reviewer, who sadly passed away...
I have been looking for information on Winifred Browne, a pianist who gave the first radio broadcast of Rachmaninov’s 4th piano concerto, in 1930. She is included in a scrapbook in the BMS Archive at Trinity Laban and I would be interested if anyone has any...
1934 – 2022 Meeting extraordinary people is one of life’s great privileges and David Lloyd-Jones, who died on 8th June, was one such extraordinary man. His love of music developed from his father taking the 10-year-old David to hear a concert with...
Composer Peter Manning has died at the age of 73. He was best known for his work on electro-acoustic composition and began his career as “senior experimental officer” in the music department of Durham University, where the Australian composer David...
Everything is going up! Help the BMS to be more environmentally friendly and reduce its printing and postage costs by going paperless and receiving the BMS Journal digitally. BMS members now have the option of receiving the annual BMS Journal as a PDF attached to an...
