BMS AGM

Aug 27, 2021 | News

AGM 2021  All BMS members are welcome to join us online for our 2021 AGM which will be held via Zoom on 4 October at 10am, UK time. Please confirm your attendance in advance by emailing the secretary, Dirick von Behr at secretarybms@outlook.com    How to attend...

BMS stock take sale

Jan 20, 2021 | News

From 1 February to 31 March 2021 the following CDs can be bought online at special prices for BMS members and subscribers to the monthly BMS e-newsletter. All the CDs below have been reduced in price to £5; double and triple CDs are available for £10. These prices...

CD reviews – dead or alive?

Nov 28, 2023 | Inbox

The fact that several of the reviews in the recent edition of BMS News cover CDs containing entirely or mostly music by living composers prompts me to write (yet again) to observe that the founding principle of the British Music Society was the promotion of music by...

Searching for Bryson manuscripts

Nov 28, 2023 | Inbox

I am searching for any information regarding the whereabouts of the original manuscripts of Ernest Bryson (1867 – 1942). He had three unmarried sisters who are all now deceased.  If anyone has any leads, please contact me directly at alan.jones.ski@gmail.com...

Monthly Music Digest

Nov 27, 2023 | News

Introducing a new, regular feature – a summary of stories from the last month about the musical world… David Pickard, director of the BBC Proms will leave his post after next summer’s classical music festival. He will have planned and delivered nine Proms...

Call for BMS CD reviewers

Nov 27, 2023 | News

Love listening to music? Have good musical knowledge and a discerning ear? Can write effective and concise text? CD production seems to be on the increase again so we are on the look out for new people to add to our team of CD reviewers.  If you are interested please...

JOANNA FORBES L’ESTRANGE: Heaven To Earth

Nov 27, 2023 | CD reviews

London VoicesBen Parry conductorAndreana Chan organ  SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD790 The music for all 21 of these sincerely sacred pieces is composed by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange. She has also written, or at least compiled, the texts of two of the pieces, Words from The...

HOWARD BLAKE: Orchestral Music

Nov 27, 2023 | CD reviews

Philharmonia OrchestraHoward Blake piano and conductorEnglish Northern PhilharmoniaPaul Daniel conductor SOMMCD 0678 This latest SOMM disc is devoted to orchestral music to mark the 85th birthday of Howard Blake. Mr Blake has been a key figure in British...

ELIZABETH POSTON: Carols and Anthems

Nov 23, 2023 | CD reviews

St Albans Cathedral Girls ChoirLay Clerks of St Albans CathedralTom Winpenny conductor and piano NAXOS 8.574576 Elizabeth Poston (1905 -1987) studied composition privately with Ralph Vaughan Williams. She was a close friend of Peter Warlock, and an expert on his...

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH & OTHERS: Piano Music

Nov 21, 2023 | CD reviews

WILLIAM WORDSWORTHTHOMAS WILSON EDWARD McGUIRE Richard Deering piano HERITAGE HTGCD 142 No, not the poet, but the great-great-grandson of brother Christopher. He is claimed by both Scotland and England but he did not come permanently to Scotland till he was 53 when he...

A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS: Orchestral Music for Christmas

Nov 21, 2023 | CD reviews

Royal Ballet SinfoniaCity of Prague Symphony OrchestraBarry Wordsworth, Gavin Sutherland, Julian Bigg conductor HERITAGE RECORDS          HTGCD 139 A Child’s Christmas is an apposite title for an enchanting collection of orchestral music for...

JACK SHEPPARD: A Victorian Melodrama

Nov 20, 2023 | CD reviews

Retrospect OperaStephen Higgins piano Retrospect Opera RO010 Retrospect Opera is an independent charitable recording company devoted to reviving British Operas or related theatrical musical entertainments from the period 1750 – 1950. Jack Sheppard was one of the most...