Bite-Back: About E J Moeran

Bite-Back: About E J Moeran

The item in the April Newsletter about the welcome new biography of E J Moeran, rather overlooks I feel, the substantial volume published in 1986 (Toccata Press) by my friend, the late Geoffrey Self, The Music of E J Moeran. This book contained extensive biographical...
35% off new books

35% off new books

Two new publications by Boydell & Brewer are available online to members at a special discount of 35% using discount code BB135. Both books are available after their publication date on 18 June. Dr Ian Maxwell’s new book Ernest John Moeran – His Life and...
THE KING’S ALCHEMIST: British String Trios

THE KING’S ALCHEMIST: British String Trios

Eblana String Trio Willowhayne  WHR067 I was told, as a young composer, that the writing of string trios was a challenge, and that was why fewer had been written than string quartets, and why some composers, often well-known ones, never tackled the form. Before I...
G&S Festival returns

G&S Festival returns

Live theatre again – the perfect antidote after a year of lockdown! The International G&S Festival is raring to go in the summer opening on Saturday 31 July in Buxton Opera House, before moving to The Royal Hall, Harrogate until Wednesday 18 August. If...
A Feast of English Song

A Feast of English Song

The four concerts in the London Song Festival Summer Season 2021 mini series is a feast of English song, sung by some of the finest young singers in this country including prize-winners from recent Kathleen Ferrier and Wigmore Hall International Song competitions. ...