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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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O SACRUM CONVIVIUM!: Music for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi
The feast of Corpus Christi was instituted in the reign of Pope Urban IV in 1264, and the liturgy was constructed by no less an authority than St Thomas Aquinas…
HALLÉ: Adès, Leith and Marsey
This, above all, is a showcase for the Hallé, who play with brilliance and authority in these kaleidoscopic scores. Their titles may suggest that they are all programmatic in a sense..,
MADELEINE DRING: Complete Music for Oboe
By a happy accident just a few days before this CD plopped on my doormat, I had heard an excellent performance of Dring’s Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano in Hereford. It had been composed in 1968 and consists of three movements. Afterwards I told the performers what a joy it was to hear this work…
GRACE WILLIAMS: Songs
Naxos continues its long-running series of releases sponsored by the British Music Society with an album of songs by Grace Williams, all of which are recorded here for the first time…
ERROLLYN WARREN: Orchestral Works
Errollyn Wallen seems to be a force of nature. Composer of 20 operas and much, much more, her journey has taken her from her native Belize via New York and Cambridge to (currently) Orkney…
JOHN GARDNER: Complete Organ Music, Volume Two
Tom Winpenny gives polished and committed performances of this music, as he does with everything that he commits to disc. His ability to bring unfamiliar music to life is extraordinary…