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BMS AGM 2022
The British Music Society AGM 2022 will be held at the Birmingham & Midland Institute on 29 October. BMS members can attend in person or join in via Zoom…
Sing with Sonoro
Sonoro Choir invites members of choirs to join them at special Choral Inspirations workshops taking place around the UK over the coming months…
New Talent Festival 2022
The activities of the New Talent Festival 2022 has finally come to a close with some great British music performances this year..
New releases by Linn Records
The third group of recordings in the Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary series are being released digitally by Linn Records…
The Platinum Project
The Dionysus Ensemble was awarded National Lottery funding to commission female Scottish composer Seonaid Aitken to write a new suite for the Platinum Jubilee…
HOWARD BLAKE: Orchestral Music
This latest SOMM disc is devoted to orchestral music to mark the 85th birthday of Howard Blake. Mr Blake has been a key figure in British musical life for over 60 years…
ELIZABETH POSTON: Carols and Anthems
Central to the recording is The Nativity, A Sequence for Christmas. This CD offers the world première recording of the work…
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…