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Composer Robin Field dies at 88
The English composer Robin Field, who was a pupil of Thomas Pitfield, has died aged 88…
Premiere commemorates shipping disaster
The City of London-based Lloyd’s Choir annual spring concert will feature the premiere of a new choral work commemorating the sinking of HMT Lancastria…
Curriculum shake-up could boost music and arts
An overhaul of the national curriculum shake-up is expected to boost take-up of arts subjects including music, according to a report in The Times…
BBC Radio 3 Unwind launches online
BBC Radio 3 Unwind, a new 24/7 stream showcasing a broad and eclectic range of calming classical music, has launched on BBC Sounds…
Divine Art Recordings Group bought by US firm
Recording and publishing group, Divine Art Ltd, has been bought by a US-based company…
Save the date: BMS AGM 2025
Composer Madeleine Dring in the spotlight
The latest issue of the Mozart Edition / EditionUK newsletter featured English composer Madeleine Dring…
GRACE WILLIAMS: Orchestral Works
The sheer brilliance of the recorded sound is extraordinary and from the outset, the vividness of the orchestra under the ever-excellent John Andrews leaps out of the speakers…
JESSY REASON: Piano and Chamber Music
Jessy Reason was evidently a devoted and gifted writer; yet apart from one song premièred at Wigmore Hall in 1924, no performances outside the family circle have been traced during her lifetime…
NEWS OF GREAT JOY: Christmas from St John’s College, Oxford
The choir of St John’s College, Oxford and their director David Bannister have combined to produce a sequence of Christmas music which judiciously blends well-known carols such as Gustav Holst’s ‘In the bleak midwinter’ with more unusual repertory…