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
EDWARD COWIE: Where Song Was Born
I learned a lot from this fascinating CD, not just musically but regarding so many extraordinary and exotic birds, most of which I had not heard of before…
ARNOLD BAX: From the Hills of Dreams
Bax’s songs rarely show up on disc or in concert. I have a couple of earlier CDs that only infrequently get played– so would these eighteen unrecorded songs lure me back to this part of the composers oeuvre?
Concert review: William Blezard Centenary Concert
William Blezard was a pianist, composer and musical director to Joyce Grenfell and Marlene Dietrich, and was married to the pioneering female conductor and musicianship teacher Joan Kemp Potter…
Feature: William Baines and Flamborough Head
An internet search on Flamborough Head directed me, by chance, to the song Good night to Flamboro’ and William Baines…
British Music for Strings III
None of this music is likely to set the Thames on fire, but it is all eminently agreeable without quite being eminent. Much of it is slow, which is just as well as Bostock is clearly happier with slow music…
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Earth’s Wide Bounds
Naturally the 150th anniversary of RVW’s birth provides an opportunity to plug some gaps in the recorded repertoire, and to feature other less well-known items…