Reawakened Champs Hill Records (24 July 2020 release) Robert Plane, clarinet BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins, conductor Hamilton: Clarinet Concerto, Op. 7 Gipps: Clarinet Concerto in G minor, Op. 9 Walthew: Clarinet Concerto, orch. Alfie Pugh Ireland: Fantasy Sonata, … Continue reading →
A Lad’s Love Bridge 9542 (July 2020) Brian Giebler, tenor Steven McGhee, piano Reginald Kobley, countertenor Katie Hyon, violin Ben Russell, violin Jessica Meyer, viola Michael Katz, cello Gurney: Ludlow and Teme; In Flanders Britten: Canticle ii: Abraham and Isaac … Continue reading →
Not Now, Bernard and other stories Orchid Classics ORC100115 Alexander Armstrong, narrator Orchestra of the Swan Tom Hammond, conductor Bernard Hughes: Not Now, Bernard Malcolm Arnold: Toy Symphony, Op.62 Bernard Hughes: Isabel’s Noisy Tummy John Ireland: Annabel Lee Bernard Hughes: … Continue reading →
Amongst other composers, John Ireland is being featured in the ‘live in lock-down’ English Music Festival this coming weekend 22 – 25 May 2020 www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk The English Music Festival (EMF) is delighted to announce an online Festival, following the necessary … Continue reading →
“If any performance could once and for all put paid to the ridiculous notion that only English musicians understand English music, this was it.” Once a staple part of the repertoire and often regarded as one of the best Piano … Continue reading →
British Violin Sonatas, Volume 3 CHAN 20133 Tasmin Little violin Piers Lane piano York Bowen: Sonata, Op.112 in E minor for Violin and Piano John Ireland: Sonata No.2 in A minor for Violin and Piano James Francis Brown: The Hart’s … Continue reading →
Finley South-Klein was awarded First Prize and Hannah Swadling, runner-up. Both were accompanied by Duncan Honeybourne. On the judging panel: David Wordsworth, Director of the John Ireland Charitable Trust; Kevin Appleby from Turner Sims, and Professor Vince Emery. … Continue reading →
