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
C H H PARRY: Prometheus Unbound
Parry’s Prometheus Unbound has suffered decades of neglect, the only recent performance being in 1980. It now finds a champion in William Vann…
BARRY MILLS: Winter Images
Mills paints pictures with his music. Actually, these are not just still pictures, they are motion pictures. Movement is so very crucial to his music…
ISOTONIC: Commissions for Clarinet
This disc is testimony to the artistry of clarinettist Robert Plane who features in all four works all of which he also premièred. He is clearly a phenomenal player…
EDWARD COWIE: Where the Wood Thrush Forever Sings
Following on from his birdsong cycles of Great Britain and Australia, Edward Cowie’s latest two-disc set explores birds of the USA…
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Piano Music
Until this past year or so the only works I had ever heard by Coleridge-Taylor were, of course the Hiawatha Cantatas and the Violin Concerto. Now he seems to be everywhere…
