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Welsh composer features on BMS recording
A new BMS recording will be released on the Naxos label in July featuring the songs of Welsh composer Grace Williams…
Obituary: Sir Andrew Davis CBE
The British Music Society says farewell to one of our much-loved Vice-Presidents following the death of Sir Andrew Davis…
GENESIS AND HOPE
The St Paul’s Sinfonia, who celebrate their 20th anniversary next year, are a well-established feature of concerts in Southeast London…
Series unearths scores from the past
The English Heritage Music Series now offers free access to musical compositions previously out of reach or long out of print…
Private viewing of John McCabe video
The video tribute to John McCabe, first screened at the BMS AGM in October last year, can be viewed by members only on a private online platform for three days in July…
DISTANT VOICES, NEW WORLDS
On this single CD, you will find a multicoloured festoon of contemporary composer styles, many of their works recalling English Early Music…
Save the date: BMS AGM 2025
Composer Madeleine Dring in the spotlight
The latest issue of the Mozart Edition / EditionUK newsletter featured English composer Madeleine Dring…
GRACE WILLIAMS: Orchestral Works
The sheer brilliance of the recorded sound is extraordinary and from the outset, the vividness of the orchestra under the ever-excellent John Andrews leaps out of the speakers…
JESSY REASON: Piano and Chamber Music
Jessy Reason was evidently a devoted and gifted writer; yet apart from one song premièred at Wigmore Hall in 1924, no performances outside the family circle have been traced during her lifetime…