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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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BAX: Spring Fire
This disc of Bax’s complete music for cello and piano takes its title from the thematic links between that orchestral work and his Cello Sonata. This is a big serious piece…
MALCOLM ARNOLD: Orchestral and Choral Works
It would be hard to overstate the pleasure that this revelatory disc has afforded, and unfamiliarity with the works in question should hinder no-one from obtaining a copy with alacrity…
The Lancashire Caruso
How many British opera singers get a Wetherspoons pub named after them? Not many – but here’s one I stumbled upon when cruising along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal…
GRACE WILLIAMS: The Parlour
One remarkable feature of the work is the fact that Williams wrote her own libretto and made an excellent job of it, using some very sophisticated rhyme schemes…
THOMAS PITFIELD: Orchestral Music
Pitfield supporters during his lifetime boasted Sir John Barbirolli, David Ellis (Head of Music for Radio 3 North), Leo Black (BBC Radio 3 producer), as well as many performers…
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: English Composer
This book is probably best regarded as a short introduction to the life and music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. It is written mainly from the perspective of Coleridge-Taylor’s status as a black composer in Victorian England…