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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
Latest features & reviews
LENNOX IN PARIS: Music for Violin & Piano
The booklet cover displays a wonderful Parisian street, I think the Champs-Élysées, by Pissarro which really conjures up the lights and gaiety of the world which Lennox Berkeley entered in the late 1920s…
WILLIAM WALTON: A Centenary Celebration
The connection between these well-known but diverse works by one of our most significant 20th century composers is clear – both employ the spoken word…
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Transcriptions
The real highlight of the performance is the wonderfully energetic and incisive playing of the Scherzo. It could easily stand alone as a superb concert piece…
HAVERGAL BRIAN: Symphonies 3 & 17
The New Philharmonia play well: moments of struggle are even oddly appropriate, as a sense of heroic striving is arguably intrinsic to the work…
MILES: Chamber Music Vol 1
Reviewing ‘rediscovered’ music sometimes means struggling to find something polite to say. No such need here…
Recollections of Gordon Crosse
Following on from John Turner’s comprehensive tribute to his long-standing friend Gordon Crosse, Andrew Burn recalls how Crosse influenced and guided him at a crucial point during his teens…