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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
Garry Humphreys

Obituary: Garry Humphreys

Garry Humphreys, baritone, conductor, writer, researcher, and business librarian, has died aged 79…

Bite-Back

Bite-Back: it’s not a second hand book!

Dr Strachan suggests that my ‘assessments of Coleridge-Taylor’s music are likely to be at second hand’. They’re really not…

Grace Williams - The Parlour

July release for one act opera

The Parlour, an opera in one act by Grace Williams, will be released on 4 July…

Musicians

Cardiff music cuts reversed

Cardiff University has reversed its controversial decision to scrap its music course as part of wide-ranging cuts affecting a range of courses…

News in Brief. Photo by Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

Music news in brief

News in brief including the death of two British conductors and the release of two new CDs from SOMM Recordings…

 Latest features & reviews

Panufnik Legacies IV

Panufnik Legacies IV

This is the fourth CD resulting from the LSO’s Discovery programme showcasing new composers, guided by Colin Matthews (whose own mastery of orchestration was doubtless most useful)…

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HOLST: The Planets and Earth

HOLST: The Planets and Earth

Recent scholarship has delved deeper into Holst’s astonishing cosmos and revealed just how revolutionary this score was for its time. It is important that familiarity does not dull the bravura of his conception…

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