Tell us about your Event

Tell us about your Event

The BMS is always delighted to share details of upcoming concerts and events featuring British music – and we have now made it even easier for you to tell us about them! These events can be anything from recitals to talks and from festivals to workshops –...
Festival to feature British music

Festival to feature British music

Hertfordshire Festival (HFoM) will feature a terrific range of British Music at its 2022 festival in June.  Rejoicing in the resurgence of live music, the HFoM presents an exciting programme of glorious music, both old and new. Highlights include narrated pieces by...
New publications of Darke piano music

New publications of Darke piano music

Australian music publisher, Crescendo Music Publications has produced three new first editions of the music of Harold Darke (1888-1976), famous for his setting of In The Bleak Midwinter. These pieces were all written when he was a student at the Royal College of...
English Music Festival unveils programme

English Music Festival unveils programme

The 15th English Music Festival returns to Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire on the 27 – 29 May opening with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto, and including Holst’s The Cloud Messenger; Vaughan Williams’s Willow-Wood sung by Roderick...
Violinist launches RVW150 project

Violinist launches RVW150 project

Dual language recording from violinist Midori Komachi Violinist, writer and composer, Midori Komachi has developed a diverse career in bridging UK and Japanese cultures through music. She is on a mission to bring the music of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams to...
Obituary: Lyell Cresswell

Obituary: Lyell Cresswell

We regret to announce the death of composer Lyell Cresswell, who was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1944. He moved to Scotland in the 1970s and lived in Edinburgh from 1985. He was versatile and composed music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, choir, voice and...