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
STEVE ELCOCK: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 8
Composer Steve Elcock is living proof that we should never give up hope. As he outlines on his website, he wrote music with seemingly no hope of it being performed…
MICHAEL ZEV GORDON: Various
These three works make a deep impression, and confirm that Gordon is a master of orchestral writing (with a little electronic help)…
JUDITH WEIR & JONATHAN DOVE: Organ Works
This is a most engaging recording, pairing organ music by two composers who, at least superficially, might not appear to have very much in common…
BRIDGE, FRANCES-HOAD & WALTON: Various
Laura van der Heijden came to our attention when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2012, playing the Walton Cello Concerto…
ELEANOR ALBERGA: Orchestral Works
Thomas Kemp brings his extensive experience of conducting contemporary music to shape these unusually structured works…
The Triumph of Time
Harry Birtwistle was raised in Accrington, Lancashire, and as a young man had taken up the clarinet with the encouragement of his mother…