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ClubDelius launched by society
The Delius Society announces ClubDelius; a free membership for under 30’s, to be launched at this year’s Delius Prize Competition in November…
LSF special BMS members’ offer
London Song Festival is offering tickets to three of its November concerts featuring British music to BMS members…
New release from Cappella Records
Cappella Records has announced the two-disc release of Heaven and Earth which includes John Tavener’s masterpiece, Ikon of Light.
Malcolm Arnold Festival 2022
One of England’s most colourful and charismatic composers – Sir Malcolm Arnold – is to be celebrated across three days in October during the 17th International Malcolm Arnold Festival…
Discovering Reason
Jessy Reason composed over 70 pieces in a variety of genres including three string quartets, 30 solo songs and song cycles and a major choral work, Malini…
A CELTIC LEGACY: The Music of the O’Donnell Brothers
There have been so many developments in the writing of music for wind band that it is good to be reminded of just how good the traditional wind band idiom is…
ELGAR: Orchestral Music
The London Symphony Orchestra’s association with Elgar goes right back to their very first season in 1904 when the great man conducted them…
CD reviews – dead or alive?
The fact that several of the reviews in the recent edition of BMS News cover CDs containing entirely or mostly music by living composers prompts me to write (yet again)…
Searching for Bryson manuscripts
A member is searching for any information regarding the whereabouts of the original manuscripts of Ernest Bryson who died in 1942…
JOANNA FORBES L’ESTRANGE: Heaven To Earth
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange has had a notable career in choral music, having been a performer and director of ensembles such as the Swingle Singers and Tenebrae…