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Versatile musician Elgar Howarth dies aged 89
Elgar Howarth, trumpeter, composer and later, conductor of repute, has died…
Music of British composer Anthony Hedges to be recorded
The piano music of British composer Anthony Hedges will be recorded in 2025 by the young English pianist Adam Davies…
Obituary: composer and BMS member Christopher Wright
Christopher Wright, composer and loyal BMS member, has died aged 70…
National Youth Choir album to launch in January
The sixth instalment of the Young Composers series with the National Youth Choir will be launched on 31 January 2025…
Composer Robin Field dies at 88
The English composer Robin Field, who was a pupil of Thomas Pitfield, has died aged 88…
GAVIN HIGGINS: The Faerie Bride / Horn Concerto
His multi-award-winning works are not part of the avant-garde but grow out of an English tradition from Elgar, through Britten and Tippett…
BMS AGM 2025
The BMS AGM will take place on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at 5.30pm in St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, London W5…
TOM COULT: Pieces That Disappear
This is one of those discs that NMC do so well, a wonderful selection box of works by a composer who deserves to be more well known…
LEIGHTON/VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: That Sweet City
I imagine that for a lot of our members this issue, with its headline title ‘That Sweet City’, will be self-recommending. The fact that it is also an outstanding recording in every respect must be an additional attraction…
PAMELA HARRISON: Lonely Landscape
It is wonderful that James Gilchrist sings this work as he has such an affinity with British music of this period. This is a very fine cycle, worthy to give its title to this disc…