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
Frederic Cliffe

Concert celebrates Bradford’s forgotten composer

A special concert taking place next month in Bradford promises to be a treat for music enthusiasts and history buffs alike as it celebrates the music of composer Frederic Cliffe…

Professor Raymond Warren

Obituary: Raymond Warren

Professor Raymond Warren, who has died aged 96, was part of that Interwar generation of British composers that owed a stylistic debt to Tippett and Britten…

Arnold Cooke - Complete String Quartets, Vol. Two

British composers featured in new releases

Toccata Classics will launch two new releases of music by British composers including Arnold Cooke and Charles Harford Lloyd…

Cardiff University Logo

University seeks applications for British music research

Following the reversal of the decision to close the Music Department at Cardiff University, new PhD Studentships in research have been announced....

 Latest features & reviews

RVW, HOWELLS, DELIUS & ELGAR

RVW, HOWELLS, DELIUS & ELGAR

If your main interest in this disc is the VW and the Elgar, you would be highly unlikely to be disappointed.  These are quite simply magnificent renditions of familiar masterpieces…

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Two Violas Now

Two Violas Now

The booklet supplied with this CD begins by refuting the idea that music for two of the same instruments is rare in musical history…

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