British chamber music features in June concerts

British chamber music features in June concerts

British chamber music will feature in a trio of concerts taking place in June including one at Leighton House in London by violinist Madeleine Mitchell, pianist Julian Milford and cellist Kirsten Jenson (pictured above). On 1 June as part of the Music In Country...
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra releases Holst album

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra releases Holst album

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s latest album, released on 30 May, unites Holst’s beloved Planets suite with the world premiere recording of Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s Earth. More than a century after its premiere, Gustav Holst’s intergalactic masterpiece, The...
EGM resolutions to empower BMS committee

EGM resolutions to empower BMS committee

The short BMS EGM will take place at 5.30pm on Saturday 10th May at St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing  W5, and on zoom followed by a performance by Ealing Symphony Orchestra. There are two resolutions under consideration which will empower the three members...
GRACE WILLIAMS: Songs

GRACE WILLIAMS: Songs

Jeremy Huw Williams baritoneWendy Hiscocks piano Naxos 8.571384 Naxos continues its long-running series of releases sponsored by the British Music Society with an album of songs by Grace Williams (1906-77), all of which are recorded here for the first time and,...
Unknown work to premiere at festival opening concert

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 in May. There have been many significant first performances at the English Music Festival’s opening concert over the...
ERROLLYN WARREN: Orchestral Works

ERROLLYN WARREN: Orchestral Works

BBC Concert OrchestraJohn Andrews conductorIdunnu Münch mezzo-sopranoRuby Hughes sopranoMiwa Rosso cello RESONUS RES10358  Errollyn Wallen seems to be a force of nature. Composer of 20 operas and much, much more, her journey has taken her from her native Belize...
JOHN GARDNER: Complete Organ Music, Volume Two

JOHN GARDNER: Complete Organ Music, Volume Two

Tom Winpenny organ TOCCATA CLASSICS   TOCC 0760  Last July I had the pleasure of reviewing the first volume of John Gardner’s complete organ music and concluded by stating that I looked forward to the second volume. I have not been disappointed. At the time...
ROBERT SAXTON: String Quartets 3 & 4 / Sonata

ROBERT SAXTON: String Quartets 3 & 4 / Sonata

Kreutzer Quartet Peter Sheppard Skærved solo violin Metier mex 77138 Perhaps, like me, you first came across Robert Saxton when his The Ring of Eternity was first heard in 1984 and later recorded. I have always thought highly of his music, and with this CD...
British pianist to join Philippine orchestra UK tour

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. Under the baton of internationally acclaimed Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, the PPO will showcase its world-class...
IN THE MIRROR: Music by Women Composers

IN THE MIRROR: Music by Women Composers

Heather Tuach celloYoko Misumi piano Divine Art ddx 21123 This album is a selection of works by 20th and 21st century composers chosen by the performers who are members of the Greenwich Trio. The album shares its title with that of the first piece by Liz Dilnot...