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Composers project goes live online
Composers from South Wales meet Composers from New South Wales in online concert project.
Malcolm Arnold Centenary Concert
… not a single one of the major London orchestras has programmed a note of Sir Malcolm Arnold’s music in this his centenary year…
Hello to new members
We welcome these new members who have joined the society recently…
Tributes to Giles Easterbrook
Tributes from Andrew Burn, chairman of the Bliss Trust and three composers following the death of BMS vice-chairman in September
Obituary: Gordon Crosse
English composer Gordon Crosse has died aged 83.
Gordon Crosse: Ad Patrem
John Turner’s obituary to Gordon Crosse who died on 21 November 2021 makes reference to his third Elergy, Ad Patrem, which was composed in 2009 in memory of his adored father.
SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD: Centenary Edition
[this] Naxos set along with a complete recording of his British dances is reissued in this beautifully packaged budget price box…
JOHN PURSER: consider the story
The overall title, ‘consider the story’ (small case) comes from a quite obscure Irish song…
CHARLES DIBDIN: The Wags
Everyone who has attended the Last Night of the Proms, or watched it on television, will be familiar with ‘that lovely cello tune’ from Sir Henry Wood’s Fantasia on British Sea-Songs. How many people know the name of the original composer of that song?
Ruth Gipps centenary year
I would be grateful to hear from any of our colleagues regarding concerts or recitals they have given or conducted of any of Ruth Gipps’ or Phyllis Tate’s works.