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For my final post about the lesser-known music of Gustav Holst, I decided on the ‘Cotswold Symphony.’ Two days later, I heard an early morni...

One of the best loved (non-biblical) Christmas stories is Cinderella . It will be the focus of many pantomimes up and down the country as we...

In his October 2021 review, here , John Quinn gives a detailed background to, and assessment of, this exceptional recording. He comments on ...

As winter gets into full swing, readers will have mixed views on the weather. On the one hand it is romantic to have a “traditional” White C...

This remarkable new recording closes an important gap in Ralph Vaughan Williams discography. For the first time, the complete score of the C...

This story may not be true, but it is a bit of fun! It is typical of Handel’s wit, and his inability to suffer fools gladly. I apologise in ...

The publicity flyer for this CD reminds the listener that this is the third Christmas album issued by William Vann and the Chapel Choir of t...

Tomorrow is Advent Sunday. Christians are encouraged to prepare for the Feast of the Nativity, or the Incarnation. There is a twofold emphas...

The second and final part of Donald Brook's pen portrait of William Walton published in his book Composers Gallery . I suppose it was ...

Donald Brook wrote a series of books presenting attractive short studies or pen-portraits of a wide variety of musicians and literary author...

British composer, conductor, and author Constant Lambert (1905-51) appeared as a reciter in Façade in the New Chenil Galleries, Chelsea, Lon...

Originally devised for Paul Whiteman and his band, Rhapsody in Blue has become one of the iconic examples of American music. It combines ja...

Frederick Delius’ (1862-1934) Air and Dance is a ‘wartime’ work that was composed in 1915 whilst the composer and his wife were living at Gr...

Austrian-born Ernst Krenek’s development as a composer was wide-ranging. Beginning his career in the music salons of Weimar Republic Berlin,...