BMS AGM
All BMS members are welcome to join us online for our 2021 AGM which be held on 4 October at 10am London time
BMS stock take sale
We are having a stock take sale during February and March with some fantastic prices on a range of great CDs.
Keeping Your Cool
Recent record temperatures have created serious challenges for many cultural venues and for the people who work and perform in them. Some buildings have struggled to remain open…
Naming the nations’ composers
As we approach the silly season, Nicholas Keyworth takes a light-hearted look at composers named after England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland…
A round-up of new releases this month
SOMM Recordings are releasing two recordings this month featuring British Music while Orchard Classics has a new CD featuring the music of Edward Picton-Turbervill….
Michael Hurd talk about Boughton at Faeryland published
A fascinating talk by Michael Hurd about the immense success of the opera The Immortal Hour by Rutland Boughton has been published recently on YouTube…
CHARLES WOOD: String Quartets
To those who only know Wood’s church music, this CD is likely to be a revelation. His quartets are big-boned and closely argued essays in four movements, heavily influenced by Brahms…
ADAM SAUNDERS: Orchestral Music
To tackle this feast of upbeat effervescent showpieces without a break would be the equivalent of consuming a whole box of chocolates in one sitting…
QUIET SUMMER EVENING: British Light Classics
Light music has enjoyed something of a renaissance in the last 30 years or so, beginning with the very successful series of recordings made by the New London Orchestra under the late Ronald Corp…
PHILIP MOORE: Cathedral Music
As a demonstration of Philip Moore’s expressive range as a composer, this could hardly be bettered. Andrew Lucas shapes the performances expertly and the recording can be enjoyed at one sitting…
JOHN McCABE: Orchestral works
This is a major release. McCabe’s cello concerto, a work of extraordinary construction and beauty, is one of his most important and compelling works…
First performance in 70 years of Ruth Gipps’ cantata
Ruth Gipps’ dramatic cantata Goblin Market, inspired by Christina Rossetti’s iconic poem, is to be performed and professionally recorded by the all-female UK vocal ensemble Corra Sound…