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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…
Premiere commemorates shipping disaster
The City of London-based Lloyd’s Choir annual spring concert will feature the premiere of a new choral work commemorating the sinking of HMT Lancastria…
THOMAS PITFIELD: Piano Music
Slowly the music of Thomas Pitfield is emerging from obscurity: following occasional recordings there has recently been a critical biography, and a two-CD set of his chamber works from the admirable Heritage label; while a disc of orchestral pieces is imminent from Toccata…
O SACRUM CONVIVIUM!: Music for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi
The feast of Corpus Christi was instituted in the reign of Pope Urban IV in 1264, and the liturgy was constructed by no less an authority than St Thomas Aquinas…
HALLÉ: Adès, Leith and Marsey
This, above all, is a showcase for the Hallé, who play with brilliance and authority in these kaleidoscopic scores. Their titles may suggest that they are all programmatic in a sense..,
MADELEINE DRING: Complete Music for Oboe
By a happy accident just a few days before this CD plopped on my doormat, I had heard an excellent performance of Dring’s Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano in Hereford. It had been composed in 1968 and consists of three movements. Afterwards I told the performers what a joy it was to hear this work…
GRACE WILLIAMS: Songs
Naxos continues its long-running series of releases sponsored by the British Music Society with an album of songs by Grace Williams, all of which are recorded here for the first time…