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
PHILIP SAWYERS: Mayflower on the Sea of Time
In the last 20 years the music of Philip Sawyers has emerged from obscurity into the limelight making a considerable impression…
CHINWE D. JOHN: Songs for Our Times
Chinwe begins ‘These are the days of turbulent living’ more true today than ever surely! How are we to find solutions to the world’s troubles?…
CHARLES HUBERT PARRY: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Here is only the second recording of Parry’s two Piano Sonatas from 1876…
HARVEY GRACE: Resurgam
I had not heard of Harvey Grace who, like Alec Rowley, was influential in his lifetime, but is now largely forgotten. This new CD suggests that such neglect is undeserved…
AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON: Ocean Floor
Both as composer and astoundingly as a performer, Ayanna Witter-Johnson is unique. In Unconditionally, her opening number, she sings, she plays cello, while her foot taps a percussion block…
STANFORD: Requiem, Op. 63
The world has never exactly abounded in first-rate Requiem settings, a fact which renders all the more unfortunate the persistent neglect of Stanford’s contribution to the genre…