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
All the Stars Looked Down CD

Choir of King’s College to release new Christmas album

The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, is to release a new Christmas album featuring a selection of arrangements and original works for choir and orchestra…

CD collection

Bite-Back: selling CDs as recorded music evolves

After reading our recent article about the changing world of recorded music, a BMS member asks how to sell a CD collection…

Frederic Cliffe

Concert celebrates Bradford’s forgotten composer

The life and music of the forgotten Bradford composer Frederic Cliffe will be remembered at a special concert taking place next month…

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…

 Latest features & reviews

Recollections of Gordon Crosse

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…

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Gordon Crosse: Ad Patrem

Gordon Crosse: Ad Patrem

John Turner’s obituary to Gordon Crosse who died on 21 November 2021 makes reference to his third Elergy, Ad Patrem, which was composed in 2009 in memory of his adored father.

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