New CD release from The Cumbrian Duo

New CD release from The Cumbrian Duo

With a release date of 4 March, Bleckell Murry Neet is a CD of Cumbrian Music for Guitar and Harp by The Cumbrian Duo. Bleckell Murry Neet is an album of Cumbrian music played on the guitar and harp. Ed Heslam has a background in classical guitar playing, as a soloist...
Members offer for G&S Festival 2022

Members offer for G&S Festival 2022

The 28th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival is offering BMS members a 10% discount on performances at the Royal Hall, Harrogate from 10 August – 21 August 2022. Enter the code BMS2022 when booking online at www.gsfestivals.org or quote it when calling the...
New performances of work by Ailsa Dixon

New performances of work by Ailsa Dixon

Now that live music is returning, two more concerts featuring works by the composer Ailsa Dixon have been scheduled for April: Music for Piano Duet on 2 April and Quartets for Palm Sunday on 10 April. Concert plans featuring Ailsa’s work were interrupted by the...
Special commission to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Special commission to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

The Royal School of Church Music announces the Platinum Project, a special choral music commission from award-winning British composer Thomas Hewitt Jones (pictured above) to commemorate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022.  In Our Service is a four...
Streaming site launches new releases

Streaming site launches new releases

CRQ Editions, a specialist download and streaming site devoted to the re-release of unusual out-of-copyright recordings which are of interest to collectors world-wide, has recently released several recordings of British music of interest. These include the following:...
Obituary

Obituary

Francis Jackson CBE  (1917-2022) The composer, conductor, Organist and Master of the Choristers at York Minster for thirty-six years, and infinitely benign mentor and friend to generations of choristers and fellow organists, died on 10th January, 2022, at the age of...