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

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…

University seeks applications for British music research

Following the reversal of the decision to close the Music Department at Cardiff University, new PhD Studentships in research have been announced....

Finzi biographer Diana McVeagh dies aged 98

Diana McVeagh, author and long-term BMS member, died on 2 July aged 98…

BMS trust to promote Hurd’s music in 2026

Many members will remember the generous grant for the British Music Society left in composer Michael Hurd’s estate…

Latest features & reviews

ENGLISH MUSIC FOR STRINGS

CD reviews

This disc represents the latest triumph from Mr Wilson and the Sinfonia of London. Four important ‘B’s of English music are included…

ERIC COATES – Orchestral Music Volume 2

CD reviews

This music was undoubtedly given more exposure in first half of last century, and it is good that it is still taken seriously by at least some modern conductors…

REAWAKENED: Clarinet Concertos

CD reviews

The aim of this disc, ‘Reawakened’, is an attempt, in three cases. to restore to public favour forgotten clarinet concertos and, in addition, to widen the appeal and scope of the fourth work.

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Songs of Faith, Love and Nonsense

CD reviews

This generous collection of song settings contains 33 items: 21 are sung by baritone Roderick Williams, 10 by tenor James Way and there are two short piano solos played by Andrew West.

Music and Migration in Georgian Britain: The Story of Feliks Yaniewicz

Features

Read about a musical migrant who settled in Britain in 1790, living in London and Liverpool until he made Edinburgh his home from 1815 until his death in 1848.