The BMS AGM will take place on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at 5.30pm in St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, London W5. It will be followed by a performance by Ealing Symphony Orchestra of Ruth Gipps’ Symphony No. 2 plus Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and...
The latest issue of the Mozart Edition / EditionUK newsletter featured English composer Madeleine Dring whose legacy endures through her captivating contributions to 20th century British music. Dring (1923–1977) was a composer, pianist, violinist, and actress who was...
Phillip Hunt responds to Paul Jackson’s review I was interested to read Paul Jackson’s comment in his review of the CD of Lloyd’s Brass Band music, that Royal Parks was not considered challenging enough for the players. This was indeed the case, but...
Dear BMS,I am the Grandson of William Henry Haddon Squire, a prominent pianist, who was around at the same time as William Henry Squire and so he added the Haddon to differentiate them.We were wondering if you had any information on our Grandfather? We know he...
The fact that several of the reviews in the recent edition of BMS News cover CDs containing entirely or mostly music by living composers prompts me to write (yet again) to observe that the founding principle of the British Music Society was the promotion of music by...
