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New version of The Apple Tree released
A new authorised edition of one of composer Elizabeth Poston’s best-known works Jesus Christ the Apple Tree has been released…
Rare Ronald Center performance
A rare performance of an extraordinary Cantata, composed by Ronald Center, will take place in November…
British composer to collaborate with London orchestra
British composer, arranger and saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi is set to collaborate with the London Symphony Orchestra as part of this year’s London Jazz Festival…
John McCabe book to launch
‘So Written to After-Times’ is a compilation of letters to, or by, John McCabe, and is soon to be published by Forsyth in Manchester…
Holst concerto to premiere in London
Imogen Holst’s Violin Concerto will be given its first public performance in London next month…
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Chamber Music
Pianist Antony Gray has assembled a fascinating and enticing issue, generously filled with rarities spanning Williamson’s career. All are impeccably delivered and well worth exploring…
HOLST: Beni Mora / Choral Symphony Op. 41
This is a valuable and fascinating document of a live broadcast from the Royal Festival Hall in January 1964, and much expertise has been brought to bear in revitalising the historic recording…
AN ENGLISH PASTORAL
Having recently reviewed the Naxos issue of Gurney’s songs, it is a pleasure to re-encounter the excellent Eric McElroy, now with a splendid chamber partner, in further first recordings by the composer…
JOHN W. DUARTE: Guitar Music Volumes 1 – 4
John W. Duarte was something of a pioneer as British composer writing mostly, if not exclusively for the guitar… in his single-minded devotion to the instrument, Duarte was almost unique…
ENDLESS FASCINATION: The life & work of Thomas Pitfield
Born in Bolton in 1903, Thomas Pitfield was an almost exact contemporary of his fellow Lancastrian, William Walton. But he enjoyed none of the remarkable luck that saw Walton translated from Oldham to Oxford..