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
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…

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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....
Dr Jonathan Clinch and Diana McVeagh

Finzi biographer Diana McVeagh dies aged 98

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

Curry Rival, Somerset concert

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…

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Music for Stage & Screen

Music for Stage & Screen

These remastered recordings are taken from early recordings and film soundtracks. The music ranges from ballets Holst’s The Perfect Fool and Falla’s El Amor Brujo, through incidental music for a play Delius’s Hassan, to films, with well-known music by Vaughan Williams, Walton, and Bliss.

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GREGSON: Piano Solo Music

GREGSON: Piano Solo Music

Edward Gregson, 75 last year, is one of those rarities among composers of his generation in that throughout his career he has not abandoned tonality or melody and still developed an international reputation.

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