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
LIZ DILNOT JOHNSON: Gentle Flame
As with many recordings of contemporary music, this is probably not one to listen to at a single sitting. Much of the music in the earlier tracks seems to be slow…
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Do you remember The Ghosts of Motley Hall on TV in the 1970s? It was filmed at the fictional Motley Hall – home to the fictional Uproar family…
Mad Kings and Magic Squares
Max has said that his first musical memory of attending a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers when he was four was the event that put him on the road to becoming a composer…
SPLENDID TEARS: Settings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Brian Thornsett is a lyrical and suitably light tenor, ideal in many ways for this repertoire. I am less convinced by his timbre in the highest and loudest passages…
GERARD SCHURMANN: Orchestral Works
Gerard Schurmann was born in Java in January 1924, so in this, his centenary year, Chandos have brought out a disc of four fascinating works…
GEORGE LLOYD: Symphonies 7-12
Lloyd is a natural symphonist in the sense that he can create works, often large in scale, which are full of invention and variety…