from the British Music Society
News, reviews & features
Monthly Music Digest
Introducing a new, regular feature – a summary of stories from the last month about the musical world…
Call for BMS CD reviewers
If you love listening to music and have a good musical knowledge, could you be a reviewer for BMS?
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY: Chairman’s Report
The Chairman’s Report from the British Music Society AGM held on 27 October 2023 at the British Film Institute in London…
BMS AGM 2023 report
We were a cosy gathering in the attractively refurbished BFI foyer and screening room 2 for this year’s AGM on 27 October 2023…
Elgar in Settle
Blue plaques there seem to be a plenty, but if you look carefully, you might well stumble across one which is not blue and in a place you might not expect…
CD reviews – dead or alive?
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)…
Searching for Bryson manuscripts
A member is searching for any information regarding the whereabouts of the original manuscripts of Ernest Bryson who died in 1942…
JOANNA FORBES L’ESTRANGE: Heaven To Earth
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange has had a notable career in choral music, having been a performer and director of ensembles such as the Swingle Singers and Tenebrae…
HOWARD BLAKE: Orchestral Music
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 musical life for over 60 years…
ELIZABETH POSTON: Carols and Anthems
Central to the recording is The Nativity, A Sequence for Christmas. This CD offers the world première recording of the work…