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
No Ordinary Joe – obituary of Joseph Horovitz
I met Joseph Horovitz more than 25 years ago… I was immediately struck by his voice; his English, even 50 years after leaving Vienna, had a wonderful musical lilt to it.
Full of The Highland Humours
This is a thoroughly entertaining CD from its beginning with Oswald’s The Poppy to the final piece, Robert Bremner’s spring-heeled variations on a traditional highland dance…
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Folk Songs Volume 4
This CD marks the release of the fourth and final volume of the Complete Folk Song Arrangements by Ralph Vaughan Williams, appropriately it turns out in 2022, which marks the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth…
ROBIN STEVENS: Music for cello & piano
Several of the twenty numbered items on this CD reveal Robin Stevens to be a very individual and exploratory composer…
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF BRITISH SONG
Volume 3 introduces five composers not automatically associated with the genre. Indeed, one would like to know how these songs and composers were chosen…
EDWARD COWIE: Bird Portraits
Edward Cowie’s Bird Portraits is virtually unique. Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux comes nearest, but in his extensive programme note, Cowie stresses the difference between his and Messiaen’s compositional technique…