English Music Festival – Autumn 2020
The English Music Festival (EMF) is playing its part in restarting music-making in the UK with the Sussex Autumn Festival on 9 to 10 October.
Michael Csányi-Wills: Symphony No 1
The symphony opens with a sense of coiled drama, as over a throbbing pulse, sweeping strings and harp, alongside squealing winds and brass, create a phantasmagoric mood.
Musical lives lost
Summer 2020 saw the deaths of three musicians: violinist Ida Haendel, guitarist Julian Bream and music lecturer Terry Barfoot.
New Talent British International Youth Music competition
210 musicians from 27 countries took part in the third online New Talent British International Youth Music competition.
BMS Howells CD release
Congratulations to pianist Matthew Schellhorn whose new BMS recording of piano music by Herbert Howells has made the front cover of the July/August 2020 International Piano magazine.
Distinguished organist Jennifer Bate dies aged 75
A distinguished Life member of the British Music Society since 1980 as well as a Vice President, Jennifer Bate OBE, lost her life to cancer on 25 March.