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EGM resolutions to empower BMS committee
There are two resolutions under consideration at the EGM on 10 May which will empower the BMS committee to better utilise BMS resources…
Unknown work to premiere at festival opening concert
A World Premiere performance of an unknown work by composer Stanley Bate will be performed at the opening concert of this year’s English Music Festival…
British pianist to join Philippine orchestra UK tour
British pianist Mark Bebbington will perform with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) when it makes history with a nine-city tour across the UK this May…
Obituary: soprano Margaret Gale
The soprano Margaret Gale, who enjoyed much success with Sadler’s Wells Opera in the 1960s and 1970s, has died…
Celebration to mark Edward Gregson’s 80th birthday
BMS members are invited to share in a musical celebration of the creative life and music of Edward Gregson as he celebrates this milestone birthday in July…
TRANSATLANTIC: Brass Music from Britain and America
This mixed bag of British and American music by the distinguished Onyx Brass is never less than entertaining, though I doubt I shall return to some of them often…
A CELLO GALAXY: British Women Composers
Whilst listening to the middle movement, a set of variations in the 1899 Cello Sonata by Amy Horrocks (d.1919) I found myself asking, why don’t we know this music?
The Changing World of Recorded Music
Do you remember when CDs first appeared in the record shops? Did you have conversations about which was better: CD’s or Vinyl – or even cassettes?
BLISS: The Composer Conducts
Sir Arthur Bliss was an excellent conductor of his own music, but surprisingly he made very few commercial recordings. SOMM here celebrates the 50th anniversary of his death…
Remembering Anthony Gilbert
July 5th marks the second anniversary of the passing of celebrated composer and longtime Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) composition professor Anthony ‘Tony’ Gilbert…