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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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FULL OF GRACE: Choral music by James Woodhall
The main work is The Damascus Road, which is the biblical account of Saul’s conversion, his encounter with God, being struck blind, and becoming Paul…
RVW, GRAINGER, GRANVILLE-HICKS, RAYNOR: I have lived & loved
The main work here is Vaughan-Williams’ famous Songs of Travel. Now, I know what you’re thinking, especially as a BMS member; why should you purchase this disc with another version of the Songs of Travel…
A tribute to musician Anthony Green
The late and much-lamented Anthony Green was a prolific composer, fine pianist, an inspiring teacher and an indefatigable and loyal champion of the music of his contemporaries…
BANTOCK: The Seal Woman
Decades ago there was a short-lived production of The Seal Woman in West London, which somehow eluded me: I’ve been waiting many years to discover what I’d missed…
BRITISH MUSIC FOR STRINGS IV
While welcome for its championing of rarely-heard repertoire, most of this disc (under the title British Music for Strings IV) falls squarely into the pleasantly conventional, regardless of the craftsmanship…
GABRIEL JACKSON: Choral Works
This disc of Gabriel Jackson’s choral music seems to be something of a homecoming for the composer. He was a chorister at the Canterbury Cathedral under Allan Wicks…