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Letter: information wanted
Ahead of a concert by Thanet Light Orchestra information is being sought about pianist Winifred Browne and composer Alfred Wall…

Obituary: David Lloyd-Jones
Meeting extraordinary people is one of life’s great privileges and David Lloyd-Jones, who died on 8th June, was one such extraordinary man…

Composer Peter Manning dies aged 73
Composer Peter Manning has died at the age of 73. He was best known for his work on electro-acoustic composition…

Let’s go digital!
Please help the BMS to be more environmentally friendly and reduce its printing and postage costs by going paperless…

Label to pay tribute to post 1918 British music
A tribute to post-1918 British sacred music is being released this month on the Australian based Ars Organi label…

HARVEY GRACE: Resurgam
I had not heard of Harvey Grace who, like Alec Rowley, was influential in his lifetime, but is now largely forgotten. This new CD suggests that such neglect is undeserved…

AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON: Ocean Floor
Both as composer and astoundingly as a performer, Ayanna Witter-Johnson is unique. In Unconditionally, her opening number, she sings, she plays cello, while her foot taps a percussion block…

STANFORD: Requiem, Op. 63
The world has never exactly abounded in first-rate Requiem settings, a fact which renders all the more unfortunate the persistent neglect of Stanford’s contribution to the genre…

ALEC ROWLEY: Organ Works
Alec Rowley is a largely forgotten composer these days and that is a pity for his music is well worth getting to know…

How an ancient carol was brought back to life
Over 50 year ago, the British folk rock band, Steeleye Span turned a half-forgotten 16th century Christmas Carol, Gaudete, into a pioneering recording…