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Cardiff music cuts reversed
Cardiff University has reversed its controversial decision to scrap its music course as part of wide-ranging cuts affecting a range of courses…
Music news in brief
News in brief including the death of two British conductors and the release of two new CDs from SOMM Recordings…
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.
THE BLESSED DAMOZEL: Songs of Arnold Bax
It is tempting to reverse the customary credits to read ‘for piano and baritone’ as Mozart and Beethoven used to do with their violin sonatas, since Paula Fan certainly earns the title of ‘collaborative pianist’ here…
CIPRIANI POTTER: Complete Symphonies Vol. 3
Both British music research and musical life pay surprisingly little attention to 19th-century British music. This has hardly changed since a few epoch-making writings…
Lost works of Ailsa Dixon discovered and recorded
After a series of posthumous premieres of works found in her musical archive, the resurgence of interest in Ailsa Dixon’s music is now being marked by a new recording of her chamber music…
THE SILENT POOL: British Piano Music by Women Composers
Peter Jacobs is the doyen of British pianists, and those who admire the keyboard music of British composers have particular cause to be grateful for his tireless work in making so much neglected repertoire better known…
FULL OF GRACE: Choral music by James Woodhall
The main work is The Damascus Road, which is the biblical account of Saul’s conversion, his encounter with God, being struck blind, and becoming Paul…