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British music at High Barnet festival
A charity concert for Ukraine, a full orchestral concert and three chamber music recitals are promised at this year’s High Barnet Chamber Music Festival…
Festival promises a Feast of Midsummer Music
Gregynog Festival returns with a feast of Midsummer music in the handsome setting of Gregynog Hall near Newtown in north Powys…
Delius Society celebrates 60th
The Delius Society celebrates its 60th anniversary with a special concert at the Royal Academy of Music on 26 June…
A Garland for Ukraine
A Garland for Ukraine, a unique film tribute of music, features BMS member John Turner…
Obituary: John McLeod
The death in Edinburgh on 24 March of the remarkable Scottish composer-conductor-clarinettist and educator John McLeod leaves an unfillable void in Scottish Music…
The English Tenor
The generously-filled CD may never have been recorded if it hadn’t been for Shaw’s sheer determination…
DODGSON: The Distances Between
As ever with SOMM, both the performances (by some prestigious names) and the warm lifelike recording are impeccable…
Wanted: Lyrita records and more!
Perhaps you have Lyrita records that you do not play any longer and would like to sell…
Chairman reflects on her six year tenure
It is with some sadness and not a little regret that I come to the end of my period as Chairman of the British Music Society. My six years in this position have seen many developments and achievements for which the Society may be justly proud…
Peter Racine Fricker – a personal tribute
It must have been quite a thrill for the 34-year-old Peter Racine Fricker to discover his name in Kingsley Amis’s first novel, which would go on to win the Somerset Maugham Award in 1955…