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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
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ROBERT SAXTON: Scenes from the Epic of Gilgamesh
Given its foreshadowing of Job as an elemental attempt to confront the mysteries of human fate, it may be surprising that more composers have not turned to the myth of Gilgamesh…
DIARY OF THE BEE: Chamber Works by Helen Leach
The title of the disc is the longest work recorded here. The Diary of the Bee is a five-movement composition lasting 20 minutes…
BLISS: Works for Brass Band
As Master of the Queen’s Musick (he liked the old spelling), Sir Arthur Bliss was required to write much ceremonial music for brass instruments…
GEORGE LLOYD: Symphonies 1-6
I seem to remember an essay title, when I was an undergraduate studying music, which read The symphony is dead. Discuss. Well, if that was a serious viewpoint in the early 1970’s it was seriously exaggerated…
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Te Deum & Elegiac Ode
Lyrita now complete the set of the major choral works with the Te Deum Op.66 written for the Leeds Festival (and its famed chorus) to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1898…
ANTHONY PAYNE: Visions and Journeys
Not only is this disc a tribute to Anthony Payne, but it can also be considered a memorial to the late Sir Andrew Davis…