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SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: English Composer
This book is probably best regarded as a short introduction to the life and music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. It is written mainly from the perspective of Coleridge-Taylor’s status as a black composer in Victorian England…
Obituary: Rev. Ronald Corp
Ronald Corp lived a full life as an accomplished musician whose achievements as a conductor and composer earned him an OBE for services to British music…
City churches host summer music in June
The seventh annual Summer Music in City Churches will take place from 18 to 27 June in the City of London and feature music with the theme of Eternal Light.
British chamber music features in June concerts
British chamber music will feature in a trio of concerts taking place in June including one by violinist Madeleine Mitchell, pianist Julian Milford and cellist Kirsten Jenson…
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra releases Holst album
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s latest album, released on 30 May, unites Holst’s beloved Planets suite with the world premiere recording of Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s Earth.
A tribute to musician Anthony Green
The late and much-lamented Anthony Green was a prolific composer, fine pianist, an inspiring teacher and an indefatigable and loyal champion of the music of his contemporaries…
BANTOCK: The Seal Woman
Decades ago there was a short-lived production of The Seal Woman in West London, which somehow eluded me: I’ve been waiting many years to discover what I’d missed…
BRITISH MUSIC FOR STRINGS IV
While welcome for its championing of rarely-heard repertoire, most of this disc (under the title British Music for Strings IV) falls squarely into the pleasantly conventional, regardless of the craftsmanship…
GABRIEL JACKSON: Choral Works
This disc of Gabriel Jackson’s choral music seems to be something of a homecoming for the composer. He was a chorister at the Canterbury Cathedral under Allan Wicks…
CECILIA McDOWALL: Cantatas
Cecilia McDowall is a composer in whose catalogue of works music for the voice or voices occupies a central place. This disc features four of her most recent cantatas…