Holst concerto to premiere in London

Holst concerto to premiere in London

Oct 9, 2024 | News

Imogen Holst’s Violin Concerto will be given its first public performance in London by Midori Komachi in November. Violinist and composer Midori Komachi is reviving this neglected British violin concerto as part of her latest project bridging UK and Japanese cultures...
Malcolm Arnold: Music for Brass Band

Malcolm Arnold: Music for Brass Band

Sep 26, 2024 | Features

One of the best-known British composers of the 20th century, Malcolm Arnold composed everything from symphonies and ballets to concertos and film scores. His music is constantly​ engaging and directly communicative, but behind the popular image of Arnold was a rather...
A CHRISTMAS FANTASIA

A CHRISTMAS FANTASIA

Sep 26, 2024 | CD reviews

Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital ChelseaWilliam Vann director ALBION RECORDS ALBCD 063 From the inexhaustible well of Christmas fare, here is welcome refreshment for the most sated. Although crowned by a fine rendering of Vaughan Williams’ familiar Fantasia on...
JOANNA FORBES L’ESTRANGE: Winter Light

JOANNA FORBES L’ESTRANGE: Winter Light

Sep 25, 2024 | CD reviews

London VoicesBen Parry conductor Signum Classics         SIGCD873  Joanna Forbes L’Estrange is the granddaughter of the celebrated Scottish viola player Watson Forbes, who was a member of the Aeolian String Quartet and for some years Head of...
British music featured in Leeds festival

British music featured in Leeds festival

Sep 25, 2024 | News

The Red Violin Festival, taking place in Leeds from 14th to 19th October, will feature a wide range of British music including works by Coleridge-Taylor, Purcell and Britten. Founded by violinist Madeleine Mitchell in 1997, this year’s festival will include the...
ROMANCE AND REVERIE: Holst and his contemporaries

ROMANCE AND REVERIE: Holst and his contemporaries

Sep 25, 2024 | CD reviews

ALBION RECORDS ALBCD 065 A well-conceived and finely-executed release of intriguing rarities. Holst’s Invocation, in an idiomatic arrangement by Hannah Roper, showcases the violinist’s arresting line, and the music’s soaring tessitura immediately succeeds in banishing...
Concert celebrates Holst’s 150th anniversary

Concert celebrates Holst’s 150th anniversary

Sep 25, 2024 | News

BMS members are being offered discounted tickets to an event next month celebrating the 150th anniversary of composer Gustav Holst which is being held as part of the London Song Festival’s autumn series of concerts called Class of 1874. “Holst believed...
THOMAS HEWITT JONES: Regards from Rochester

THOMAS HEWITT JONES: Regards from Rochester

Sep 25, 2024 | CD reviews

The BBC SingersRoyal Ballet SinfoniaRochester Choral SocietyJohn Mountford conductor VIVUM MUSIC 701224 This work, Regards from Rochester, was commissioned by the Rochester Choral Society to celebrate their 150th anniversary.  Comparatively few composers also...
GEORGE LLOYD: The Piano Works Solo & Duo

GEORGE LLOYD: The Piano Works Solo & Duo

Sep 19, 2024 | CD reviews, News

Anthony Goldstone and Caroline ClemmowKathryn Stott Martin Roscoe LYRITA SRCD.2423  To those unfamiliar with George Lloyd’s music or biography, the difficulties and reverses that he suffered, both personal and professional, recall another composer of the...