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BORN BY THE THAMES
Dodgson, a distant cousin to Lewis Carroll, was a prolific and highly accomplished composer whose lyrical and approachable output has not yet had its due…
New hymn written for Music Sunday
Award-winning British composer Thomas Hewitt Jones has written a new hymn especially for the Royal School of Church Music’s Big Hymn Sing for Music Sunday…
Summer Music in City Churches
The London-based festival promises 10 days of concerts of beautiful music, programmed around themes of love, romance and Shakespeare…
A piano for Music at Stow
Music at Stow has started a crowdfunding project to raise £25,000 to fund a new grand piano which will reside at St Edward’s Church, Stow…
Monthly music digest
Our round-up of some of the music-related stories hitting the headlines in the past month…
ADRIAN SUTTON: Violin Concerto
Adrian Sutton is well known to the theatre going public through his music for National Theatre productions such as War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time…
ROYAL THRONE OF KINGS
The front cover of the CD shows a portrait of Richard III and with the title Royal Throne of Kings. This looks very much like those CDs of medieval music recorded by Gothic Voices…
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Carols from Herefordshire
This is music written and arranged for good amateur singers so never is it too demanding. This choir is ideal. They are balanced and have clear diction and a fresh uncluttered tone quality…
HOWELLS AND WOOD: Quartets
As ever with Somm performances, notes and sound are all excellent, making this a highly auspicious start to a very welcome series…
KENNETH HESKETH: Hände – Music for Piano
This release celebrates the artistic collaboration between the performer, Clare Hammond and the composer Kenneth Hesketh…