Bringing Britain’s musical heritage alive
Founded in 1979, the British Music Society is dedicated to promoting and preserving Britain’s musical heritage with particular emphasis on 20th century composers through recordings, publications and events
Latest features & reviews
John W. Duarte: ‘For the joy of it’
‘We made music just for the joy of it’, is a quote, describing the pre-WWII music-making by the British composer, arranger, editor, writer and teacher, John W. Duarte…
Wilfred Heaton: His Life, His Music
This is a remarkable story of a pioneering composer who wrote largely for brass bands, yet considered that they were, in general, not fully committed to serious music…
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT: Orchestral Works Vol. 5
Slowly the admirable Chandos project to record the complete orchestral works of this composer proceeds…
STEPHEN GOSS: Landscape and Memory
This is a hugely rewarding issue by one of the most innovative and appealing composers of our time, and is highly recommended…
MARTIN BUSSEY: A Brother Abroad
Peter of Bologna, Suffragan Bishop of Corbavia (in Croatia) ministered across Europe and spent the last 15 years of his life in England. He is the brother in Bussey’s work A Brother Abroad…
GAVIN HIGGINS: The Faerie Bride / Horn Concerto
His multi-award-winning works are not part of the avant-garde but grow out of an English tradition from Elgar, through Britten and Tippett…