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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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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…
HOWARD SKEMPTON: 50 Preludes and Fugues for Organ
The composer’s note to this recording of Howard Skempton’s ‘50 Preludes and Fugues for Organ’ begins by expressing the likely reaction of many people when first encountering this project…
GODS, GHOSTS AND MONSTERS
My initial impression was of the almost salon-like nature of the arrangement, and the pure beauty of Shaw’s voice…
GREG CAFFREY: Environments
If the music inhabits a somewhat circumscribed sound and emotional world that puts him in good company with others outside the mainstream…
NEXUS
It was trumpet-player Oscar Whight who, in 2020 during the pandemic, when musicians were being forced apart from one another, decided to bring together seven contemporary composers…