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BMS Ambassador report
I was delighted to be invited back to Kansas State University to give this well attended class in British music for string players…
New Rutter release of orchestral carols
A new EP of Rutter Orchestral Carols featuring the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge will be released next month…
AGM2023 – reserve your place now
Sir Arthur Bliss: Standing out from the Crowd
It seems quite extraordinary that it has taken almost half a century since his death for a biography of such a significant figure as Sir Arthur Bliss to appear…
Festival celebrates Sir Malcolm Arnold
One of England’s most colourful and charismatic composers – Sir Malcolm Arnold – is to be celebrated across three days during October…
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH & OTHERS: Piano Music
No, not the poet, but the great-great-grandson of brother Christopher. He is claimed by both Scotland and England but he did not come permanently to Scotland till he was 53…
A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS: Orchestral Music for Christmas
A Child’s Christmas is an apposite title for an enchanting collection of orchestral music for Christmas, curated by Phillip Lane who is one of eight English composers represented…
JACK SHEPPARD: A Victorian Melodrama
Jack Sheppard was one of the most successful 19th century melodramas. The hero, or rather, anti-hero, was a real person, a celebrated jail-break…
DAVID LANCASTER: Apocalypse
All three works on this recording of choral music by David Lancaster are distinctive, unique even…
Sir John Barbirolli: a life story in plaques
Most British musicians are lucky if they are celebrated by just one plaque. But we have found at least three for this famous musician, one of the most important conductors of the 20th century…