Noel Gay: blue plaque challenge

Noel Gay: blue plaque challenge

Sep 20, 2023 | News

Another blue plaque has been spotted in Wakefield in West Yorkshire. This one is outside the cathedral and celebrates the birth of composer Noel Gay (1898-1954). Noel Gay was a successful British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 40s. Sheridan Morley said...
ISOTONIC: Commissions for Clarinet

ISOTONIC: Commissions for Clarinet

Sep 20, 2023 | CD reviews

Robert Plane clarinetBBC Philharmonic OrchestraGeoffrey Paterson conductorGould Piano TrioBenjamin Frith Piano Resonus Classics RES10319 This disc is testimony to the artistry of clarinettist Robert Plane who features in all four works all of which he also...
EDWARD COWIE: Where the Wood Thrush Forever Sings

EDWARD COWIE: Where the Wood Thrush Forever Sings

Sep 20, 2023 | CD reviews

Anna Hashimoto clarinetsRoderick Chadwick piano métier  mex 77104 Following on from his birdsong cycles of Great Britain and Australia, Edward Cowie’s latest two-disc set explores birds of the USA. Pianist Roderick Chadwick is back again, but this time Cowie has...
Alexander Goehr book launch in Manchester

Alexander Goehr book launch in Manchester

Sep 20, 2023 | News

ALEXANDER GOEHR: COMPOSING A LIFE American composer Jack Van Zandt launches his new book celebrating the life and work of composer Alexander Goehr. A long-time friend, former pupil and assistant of Goehr’s, Composing a Life: Teachers, Mentors & Models, published...
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Piano Music

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Piano Music

Sep 20, 2023 | CD reviews

Luke Welch Until this past year or so the only works I had ever heard by Coleridge-Taylor were, of course the Hiawatha Cantatas and the Violin Concerto. Now he seems to be everywhere including the last night of the Proms. I wasn’t surprised therefore to receive this...