Bringing Britain’s musical heritage alive
Founded in 1979, the British Music Society is dedicated to promoting and preserving Britain’s musical heritage with particular emphasis on 20th century composers through recordings, publications and events
Latest features & reviews
HOLST: Fide Et Literis
Fide Et Literis (By Faith and Learning) is the motto of St Paul’s Girl’s School in Hammersmith, and this disc explores music Gustav Holst, their famous teacher, composed for its pupils…
RUTH GIPPS: Orchestral Music Volume 3
Chandos continue with their support and promotion of this quite unjustifiably neglected composer, with only the last, and fifth, of her symphonies now needing recording…
DISTANT VOICES, NEW WORLDS
On this single CD, you will find a multicoloured festoon of contemporary composer styles, many of their works recalling English Early Music…
GRACE WILLIAMS: Orchestral Works
The sheer brilliance of the recorded sound is extraordinary and from the outset, the vividness of the orchestra under the ever-excellent John Andrews leaps out of the speakers…
JESSY REASON: Piano and Chamber Music
Jessy Reason was evidently a devoted and gifted writer; yet apart from one song premièred at Wigmore Hall in 1924, no performances outside the family circle have been traced during her lifetime…
NEWS OF GREAT JOY: Christmas from St John’s College, Oxford
The choir of St John’s College, Oxford and their director David Bannister have combined to produce a sequence of Christmas music which judiciously blends well-known carols such as Gustav Holst’s ‘In the bleak midwinter’ with more unusual repertory…