British composers featured in new releases
Toccata Classics will launch two new releases of music by British composers Arnold Cooke and Charles Harford Lloyd on 5 September. Arnold Cooke: Complete String Quartets, Vol. TwoThe music of the Yorkshire-born Arnold Cooke (1906–2005) – inventively contrapuntal,...
University seeks applications for British music research
Following the reversal of the decision to close the Music Department at Cardiff University, new PhD Studentships in research have been announced. Two doctoral Studentships are being offered for research relating to any aspect of musicology, composition, research-led...
BANTOCK: The Seal Woman
John Andrews ConductorSoloists & The Orchestra of Scottish Opera Retrospect Opera RO 012 (two CDs) 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...
Finzi biographer Diana McVeagh dies aged 98
Diana McVeagh, author and long-term BMS member, died on 2 July aged 98. Born on 6 September 1926 in Ipoh, Malaysia, McVeagh became a renowned author on classical music and wrote an important biography of Gerald Finzi and others as well as several books on Edward...
BMS trust to promote Hurd’s music in 2026
Many members will remember the generous grant for the British Music Society left in composer Michael Hurd’s estate which enabled us to produce a considerable number of new recordings of British music, as well as reissues on the Naxos label. Baritone Jeremy Huw...
BRITISH MUSIC FOR STRINGS IV
Jacob | Dunhill | Holst | Bush | Pitfield | Gibbs Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim Douglas Bostock conductor CPO 555 452-2 While welcome for its championing of rarely-heard repertoire, most of this disc (under the title British Music for Strings IV) falls...
GABRIEL JACKSON: Choral Works
The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral David Newsholme conductorJamie Rogers organ Resonus RES10360 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. In his...
CECILIA McDOWALL: Cantatas
The Choir of Royal Holloway Rupert Gough Music DirectorOrchestra Nova George Vass conductor Resonance RES10359 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...