RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Carols from Herefordshire

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Carols from Herefordshire

Oct 25, 2024 | CD reviews

Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea William Vann   conductor                                                                                                                                                     ALBION ALBCD064 I have in front of me not only the...
HOWELLS AND WOOD: Quartets

HOWELLS AND WOOD: Quartets

Oct 25, 2024 | CD reviews

London Chamber Ensemble SOMM 0692 Charles Wood (1866-1926) is now chiefly remembered as a teacher and Church composer. (There is an informative YouTube lecture about him.) If the idiom of his String Quartet no 6 (1915-16) is mostly 19th century, then no matter. The...
KENNETH HESKETH: Hände – Music for Piano

KENNETH HESKETH: Hände – Music for Piano

Oct 25, 2024 | CD reviews

Clare Hammond piano PALADINO MUSIC PMR0137 This release celebrates the artistic collaboration between the performer, Clare Hammond and the composer Kenneth Hesketh. Hammond provides a very full and detailed set of notes on the various pieces included in the album. She...
New version of The Apple Tree released

New version of The Apple Tree released

Oct 21, 2024 | News

A new authorised edition of one of composer Elizabeth Poston’s best-known works Jesus Christ the Apple Tree has been released to support Multitude of Voyces (MoV). MoV is the official representative of the musical and literary estate of Elizabeth Poston and the owner...
Rare Ronald Center performance

Rare Ronald Center performance

Oct 21, 2024 | News

A rare performance of an extraordinary Cantata: Dona Nobis Pacem will take place on 16 November in Edinburgh. Composed by Ronald Center (1913-1973), this performance will be given by the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union This Cantata is an impassioned plea for peace in a...