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
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…
THE PRE-RAPHAELITE CELLO
All the composers have been finely served by this most rewarding partnership, and the recording quality, made in the Yehudi Menuhin School, is exemplary…
HUW WATKINS: Chamber Music and Works
The booklet notes confidently proclaim right from the start that Huw Watkins is widely recognised as the leading Welsh composer of his generation…
STEPHEN DODGSON: Canticle of the Sun
Having recently reviewed the new publication marking the composer’s centenary, it has been a pleasure to encounter this third issue of his music …
PHILIP HAMMOND: Tales of the Glens
The accompanying piano music, played with considerable virtuosity and depth of feeling by Anthony Capparelli, takes us back to childhood.
COMPOSERS OF BARNES: The Flow of Inspiration
Having spent many hours waiting at the bus stop outside Holst’s house, and having often spotted Stephen Dodgson at the Music Festival, I long knew of both composers’ links with leafy Barnes…