The sixth instalment of the Young Composers series with the National Youth Choir will be released by NMC Recordings on 31 January 2025. The recording features pieces by the four 2024 National Youth Choir Young Composers: Jamie Powe, Crystalla Serghiou, Áine Mallon and...
1935 – 2024The English composer Robin Field has died aged 88. He belongs to that fascinating – and still massively underrated – generation of British composers born in the 1920s and 1930s that includes Arthur Butterworth, Doreen Carwithen, John Joubert,...
The City of London-based Lloyd’s Choir annual spring concert on 27 March at St Giles Cripplegate Church will feature the premiere of a new choral work commemorating the sinking of HMT Lancastria. 2025 will mark the 85th anniversary of this terrible event which...
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. A wide-ranging review of curriculum and assessment in England was ordered by the education secretary Bridget Phillipson...
BBC Radio 3 Unwind, a new 24/7 stream showcasing a broad and eclectic range of calming classical music, launched on BBC Sounds on Monday 4 November. The new schedule will champion music by living composers, with a particular focus on those from the UK. It reflects...
First Inversion, a newly established American-based holding company, has announced the acquisition of the UK enterprising recording and publishing group, Divine Art Ltd. Known as the Divine Art Recordings Group, Divine Art consists of the prestigious Divine Art,...
