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Philharmonia Composers Academy 2022-23
Applications are now open for the Composers Academy 2022-23. This established programme has been developed by the Philharmonia Orchestra for exceptional musicians looking to develop their skills in composition through coaching and mentoring. The programme is...
Friends and Lovers at the London Song Festival
The theme of this year’s London Song Festival is ‘Friends and Lovers’. Each concert paints an intimate and revealing portrait of a close relationship…
Early history of the BMS
Some members might be aware that the British Music Society existed in various forms with branches around the world including Bangalore in India…
Carwithen Festival review
Congratulations to viola player Mark Chivers for organising a wonderful festival celebrating composer Doreen Carwithen’s centenary…
Bax plaque installed in Morar
A bronze plaque commemorating the composer Arnold Bax has been installed where he composed some of his finest scores…
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…
PHILIP SAWYERS: Mayflower on the Sea of Time
In the last 20 years the music of Philip Sawyers has emerged from obscurity into the limelight making a considerable impression…
CHINWE D. JOHN: Songs for Our Times
Chinwe begins ‘These are the days of turbulent living’ more true today than ever surely! How are we to find solutions to the world’s troubles?…
CHARLES HUBERT PARRY: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Here is only the second recording of Parry’s two Piano Sonatas from 1876…