Shopping with Grace Williams

Shopping with Grace Williams

May 24, 2019 | Features

A Personal Memoir by Andrew Youdell In the late 1960s I had the opportunity to meet Grace Williams at her home in Barry, a pleasant town in the Vale of Glamorgan, now mainly a dormitory for Cardiff workers, but a hundred years ago one of the major ports –...
The Cyril Scott Companion

The Cyril Scott Companion

May 14, 2019 | Book reviews

Unity in DiversityEdited by Lewis Foeman, Desmond Scott, Leslie DeAthBoydell and Brewer£45 hardback, 722 pagesISBN-10: 1783272864 ISBN-13: 978-1783272860Preface – Desmond ScottForeword – Martyn Brabbins Boydell and Brewer’s catalogue includes an impressive...
John McCabe’s lost recital

John McCabe’s lost recital

May 12, 2019 | News

In 1985 the internationally renowned pianist and composer John McCabe recorded an album of contemporary piano music by Australian, American and British composers. Made in the EMI Studio in Sydney on a commission from Earle Page College, the recording was put aside...
In praise of C.B. Rootham

In praise of C.B. Rootham

May 10, 2019 | News

Philip L. Scowcroft has contacted BMS to highlight the music of Cyril Bradley Rootham. Scarcely a household name in British music, yet one who Philip Scowcroft advocates deserves better recognition. Born in Bristol in 1875, most of Cyril Rootham’s life is associated...