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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
Latest features & reviews
ERIC COATES: Orchestral Works Vol 4
Volume 1 of Coates’ orchestral music was issued in 2019, and now, five years on, we have reached volume 4. As has been the custom, significant works are interleaved with shorter lighter ones…
GEORGE LLOYD: The Piano Concertos
The piano was not George Lloyd’s instrument and thus he came to writing piano concertos later in his life. The composition of the four concertos spans the years between 1962 to 1970…
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Hugh the Drover
The operas of Vaughan Williams have never gained a permanent place in the repertory, which is a pity. Hugh the Drover, Sir John in Love, and particularly The Pilgrim’s Progress contain some wonderful music…
DAVID MATTHEWS: Symphony No. 9
Kenneth Woods, conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra, makes the point about this work that there is still a lot of great music to be written in C major…
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS
This compendium of mostly British contributions to the literature amply demonstrates the versatility of which the recorder is capable. There is variety of mood, virtuosity, colour…
PHILIP SAWYERS: Various
Philip Sawyers’ Third Symphony of (so far) six symphonies was completed in 2016, and it is a muscular work rooted in tonal language but refreshingly ‘dissonant’ and dramatic…