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
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JACQUES COHEN: Various
… the Tippett Quartet prove great advocates, approaching all challenges with their customary fearlessness and expertise.
RICHARD BLACKFORD: Various
Richard Blackford who is 70 this year has developed an international career. He is a very fine composer of the type of music, we need in the present day…
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Cushendall
This is surely the first time that these song cycles, five of them, have been put together on a CD, and it is a very good idea to share them between two fine singers who have ideal voices for this repertoire…
CHROMOSPHERE
Each of the five composers inhabits a different sound world, so there is a variety of contrasting musical idioms which makes for a satisfying listen, even all in one sitting.
RICHARD BLACKFORD: Songs of Nadia Anjuman
Richard Blackford has chosen a group of poems which vividly expresses the stark contrasts in Anjuman’s own life. The joy in her own creativity, black despair at the absence of personal freedom, and even the possibility of self-destruction…
Remembering Karel Janovicky
The Czech composer Karel Janovicky died in London recently at the age of 93. Karel lived in London most of his life, having fled his home country – then Czechoslovakia…