PROCESSIONAL: Organ Music
By Dom Sebastian Wolff Richard Lea Organist AD FONTES AF 007 This double CD set is presented as a luxurious hard cover booklet with detailed notes on the music by organist Richard Lea. He includes 30 pieces by Dom Sebastian...
EDWARD COWIE: 24 Preludes for Piano
Philip Mead piano MÉTIER MSV 28625 This CD is a re-release of the 24 Piano Preludes by Edward Cowie, first recorded by piano virtuoso Philip Mead, a specialist in contemporary piano repertoire, on the UHR label of the University of Hertfordshire in November of...
An appreciation: Sir Harrison Birtwistle
15 July 1934 – 16 April 2022 Following his death earlier this month, much has been written about the musical achievement of Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Unpalatable to some, indispensable to others, his music has dominated the new music landscape for well over fifty...
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Pan’s Anniversary
William Vann conductor and musical directorTimothy West and Samuel West spoken dialoguesMary Bevan, Sophie Bevan sopranosJess Dandy contraltoJohnny Herford baritoneChoir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham RossBritten Sinfonia, Thomas Gould leader ALBION RECORDS...
John Joubert: First and Last Songs
Anna Joubert (pictured above with John) reflects on her father’s musical legacy My father John Joubert died in January 2019. He was 91 and had lived a very full and productive life as a composer, much loved university teacher, husband and family man. Just before he...
Obituary: John McLeod
1934 – 2022 The death in Edinburgh on 24 March of the remarkable Scottish composer-conductor-clarinettist and educator John McLeod leaves an unfillable void in Scottish Music and marks the end of a truly remarkable career that touched and inspired the lives of...
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Ivy Parkin
Request for information about Ivy Parkin I would be very pleased to find out more information about the concert pianist/composer Ivy Parkin. She probably lived from 1883 to about 1963, maybe later on in South Africa. Ivy Parkin composed Preludes for piano and I have...