October, 2021 - British Music Society

Tavener’s music explored in new book

Oct 21, 2021 | News

Tuesday 30 November sees the launch of a new book Heart’s Ease – Spirituality in the Music of John Tavener which explores the music of composer Sir John Tavener. Edited by June Boyce-Tillman and Anne-Marie Forbes, contributions include an article by Dr...

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: An Oxford Christmas

Oct 21, 2021 | CD reviews

Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital ChelseaWilliam Vann directorJoshua Ryan organ ALBION RECORDS ALBCD050 The booklet accompanying this CD begins with an in-depth history of The Oxford Book of Carols. Percy Dearmer, Martin Shaw and most importantly Ralph Vaughan...

ARTHUR SULLIVAN: Incidental Music

Oct 19, 2021 | CD reviews

Emmanuel Lawler tenorRTÉ Concert OrchestraAndrew Penny conductor NAXOS 8 555181 This CD continues to fill in a useful gap in the repertoire. Penny and his RTE players remain reliable guides to what has proved to be a most enjoyable journey. In this case it...

Festival obsesses this autumn

Oct 19, 2021 | News

The focus of the London Song Festival Autumn Season which runs from 29 October to 10 December is Obsessions. Song has always been an obsession of Director Nigel Foster which inspired the first London Song Festival (LSF) back in 2007, and the title of this...

MALCOLM ARNOLD: Orchestral Music

Oct 18, 2021 | CD reviews

Grand Concerto Gastronomique Op. 76Symphony No. 9 Op. 128 Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie sopranoLiepāja Symphony Orchestra John Gibbons conductor TOCCATA CLASSICS Tocc 0613 Fifty plus opus numbers and 25 years separate these two works and it shows. Arnold’s...