Ivy Parkin

Ivy Parkin

Request for information about Ivy Parkin I would be very pleased to find out more information about the concert pianist/composer Ivy Parkin.  She probably lived from 1883 to about 1963, maybe later on in South Africa. Ivy Parkin composed Preludes for piano and I have...
Festival to feature British music

Festival to feature British music

Hertfordshire Festival (HFoM) will feature a terrific range of British Music at its 2022 festival in June.  Rejoicing in the resurgence of live music, the HFoM presents an exciting programme of glorious music, both old and new. Highlights include narrated pieces by...
Vaughan Williams in Manchester

Vaughan Williams in Manchester

9 April 2022Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterBBC PhilharmonicJohn Wilson conductorVaughan Williams Symphony no 7: Sinfonia AntarticaVaughan Williams Symphony no 2: A London Symphony How appropriate that in Ralph Vaughan William’s 150th anniversary year this performance of...
NOW THE GREEN BLADE RISETH

NOW THE GREEN BLADE RISETH

Choral Music for Easter The Choir of King’s College, CambridgeDaniel Hyde directorMatthew Martin & Paul Greally organ KING’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE  KGS0065 Every Christmas Eve, the television broadcast of the Carol Service from King’s College, Cambridge is something...
New publications of Darke piano music

New publications of Darke piano music

Australian music publisher, Crescendo Music Publications has produced three new first editions of the music of Harold Darke (1888-1976), famous for his setting of In The Bleak Midwinter. These pieces were all written when he was a student at the Royal College of...