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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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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…
RAVEL, BERKELEY & POUNDS
An odd sort of programme? Well, no. The link is that Berkeley received informal lessons from Ravel and Pounds from Berkeley…
CHRISTOPHER BROWN: 24 Preludes and Fugues
It is a brave composer who chooses to write a set of preludes and fugues in all the major and minor keys as, consciously, or subconsciously, instant comparison with the sets by JS Bach and Shostakovich will occur…
IVOR GURNEY: Piano Sonatas
George Rowley plays the published five Preludes with fluidity and understanding. However, the chief interest of this disc arises from three piano sonatas…
DREAMS DESIRES DESOLATION: English Song
This is a generous recital of 21 songs composed by English composers, largely in the first half of the 20th century, and includes some outstanding examples…