BMS Printed Newsletter—March 15—page 1

Printed News Summary

January - March 2015

Contents

Page 1

From the Chair

Page 2

Visit to Shulbrede Priory

BMS Annual Lecture

Page 3

Latest CD releases

Page 4-5

CD reviews - Rubbra,

Panufnik, Standford and

“Flowers of the Field”

Page 6

Concert review -

Cheltenham

Coffee Concert

British Music Symposium

Page 7

Michael Hurd CD offer

Muriel Talbot Hodge

Page 8

Diary of events

British Composer Profiles

BMS information

From the Chair... Welcome to our first printed newsletter for 2015; a summary of our monthly eNews pub-lications for the past three months.

We were greatly saddened to hear the death of our former President, John McCabe, who died on February 15th. A tribute and full obi-tuary appear in the latest edition of the BMS Journal which is about to be mailed out to members. Our condolences have been sent to his widow, Monica.

Please note that the Annual Lecture, originally planned for March 7th, has been re-scheduled for May 9th. Full details appear on page 2 of this printed newsletter. You will also find book-ing information for the up-coming visit to Shulbrede Priory.

The March Journal is at the printers and will be sent out to members very shortly. It will be the first of our twice-yearly journals and includes articles on Arthur Butterworth, Humphrey Searle, Algernon Ashton and the concluding part of Tully Potter’s essay on Gordon Jacob. There are also obituaries for John McCabe, Peter Sculthorpe, Patrick Gowers, and Ian Kellam.

Those of you who have opted for this printed version of the BMS news might be missing out on our promo-tional CD offers, made on a monthly basis. In the year to date, we have given special offers on CDs including music by Frank Bridge, Cyril Scott, Rutland Boughton, Arnold Bax, and John Ireland. Even if you prefer to see your news in print, take a visit to the BMS website (www.britishmusicsociety.com) to take advantage of all the latest offers. Those who subsribe to our monthly eNews publications also receive information about discoveries - pieces you can hear online but with which

you might be unfamiliar. Recent discoveries have included the Howard Ferguson Octet, Ken-neth Leighton’s Sonatina No.2 for piano, and John McCabe’s Joybox. Sign up via the BMS website to receive these emails free and discover a new work each month.

Our two most recent additions to the BMS executive committee are Dan Rootham and Anna Joubert. Dan will be looking after the internet end of things for us, particularly keeping the website up to date, while Anna will be making regular contributions to Twitter and Facebook. Our hope is to attract new members to join the society and thus increase the range and scope of the many projects we have in hand for the future.

Meanwhile, please keep sending in your contributions for inclusion in either the eNews or printed newsletters. Lengthier articles will be considered for inclusion in the Journal, but con-tent is planned well in advance. Information about concerts and recordings can also be sub-mitted for inclusion on our website.

Adrian Lucas, Chairman, BMS

BMS Printed Newsletter—March 15—page 2

BMS Exclusive visit to Shulbrede Priory

Home to Sir Hubert Parry - Saturday 6 June 2015

Elgar's Symphony no 1 in 1908, and the first performance of Maxwell Davis's Symphony no 1 frame the seventy year time period in question. The talk will provide an overview of symphonic repertoire during this period and will highlight masterworks, explore the notion of a 'national style' and the impact of external influences including European modernism, and review the relevance of recordings, broadcasting and sponsorship.

In addition to the event itself, we are hoping to video the lecture in order to make it available at a later date to our wider membership, including those overseas for whom attending such an event would be impossible.

For a full listing of upcoming events and publication deadlines, see our diary page on the BMS website -

www.britishmusicsociety.com

The BMS has arranged a private visit to Shulbrede Pri-ory through the generosity of the Honorable Laura Ponsonby. Shulbrede Priory was the home of her grand-father Lord Ponsonby and his wife Dorothea Parry, daughter of Hubert Parry, and the once medieval monastic house is now a Grade 1 listed building. Parry enjoyed a close relationship with the Ponsonby family and composed a set of piano solos entitled Shulbrede Tunes portraying members of the family; his dia-ries and other memorabilia are still housed in its rooms. The small group of twenty people who book for this visit will be given a short tour of the Priory by the family who will also prepare an afternoon tea for their guests. They will then be free to relax in the comfort of the drawing room to listen to some of Parry’s music or, weather permitting, enjoy the gar-den.

Transport: We are aware that people will travel to Shulbrede Priory by different means. For those intending to travel by rail, Haslemere is the closest British Rail station. The Priory is too far to walk to from the station and the BMS is willing to book the services of a local radio car company on your be-half. It may well be possible for people to travel together and share the cost of this expense but either way, you will need to let us know if you require this service when you fill in the booking form so a car is waiting for you from both Haslemere Station and. Shulbrede Priory. People requesting this service will be responsible for paying the driver concerned.

Conditions: Because numbers are limited, members will be

restricted to bringing one guest only. Your place will be con-firmed upon receipt of payment and we regret that a refund

is not possible if the booking is cancelled less than two weeks before the visit and we are unable to fill your place. Please do not send any payment until your place on the tour is con-firmed.

Places are expected to sell out very quickly, so book early to avoid disappointment. Bookings open on March 20th.

Please send BMS member’s name, address, telephone num-ber and email to Wendy Hiscocks, 178 Alexandra Road, Mus-well Hill, London N10 2ES or telephone 020 8883 3375

You may also include the name of 1 guest, and please indi-cate whether you require transport by radio car to and from Shulbrede Priory from Haslemere station.

BMS Annual Lecture - change of date

Our Annual Lecture for 2015 has changed date to Saturday 9th May - 2.30-4.30 pm and will take place at the Swedenborg Hall, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London (nearest tube - HOLBORN). A glass of complimentary wine

and refreshments will be on offer during the interval.

Dr Timothy Bowers is the Alan Bush Lecturer in Academic Studies at the Royal Academy of Music. Dr Bowers, a former pupil of Alan Bush and a symphonist in his own right, is currently researching the British Symphony in the mid-Twentieth Century.

The first performance of

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New Releases in the British Music Society Catalogue

Available on the Naxos label

Hot off the press for 2015 is our latest CD issue of music by former BMS

President, John McCabe.

This collection brings together several significant recordings of the music of John

McCabe, none of which has appeared before on CD. The First Symphony, heard

here in its only recording to date, is a work of striking emotional directness and

explosive energy. The Fantasy on a Theme of Liszt was described by Harold

Truscott as ‘wonderfully organic…a concert piece which should interest any pianist

worth his salt’. Scored for very large orchestra, Tuning develops layers of texture

and sonority of overwhelming richness. This is the only recording of John McCabe

as conductor.

John McCabe

Symphony No.1 “Elegy”

Fantasy on a Theme of Liszt

Piano Study No.1 “Capriccio”

Piano Study No.2 “Sostenuto”

Tuning

This unique recording owes its existence to Malcolm Smith (1932–2011), who was a

leading and popular figure in London’s musical life. He was a stalwart of numerous

organisations and festivals, a friend of the greatest composers and a tireless

advocate of British music. A vice president of the British Music Society, Smith

bequeathed a sum of money to facilitate this recording, which includes Robin

Holloway’s six-handed Grand Heroical March, Leslie Howard’s Sullivan-

inspired Ruddigore Fantasy, and Humphrey Searle’s Sonata, described by The

Times in 1951 as ‘suffused with sparkling, elegiac poetry and commanding thought’.

Robin Holloway - Grand Heroical March

Leslie Howard - Ruddigore

Robert Matthew-Walker - Piano Sonata No.3 - Fantasy Sonata: Hamlet

Handel, arr Leslie Howard - L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

Humphrey Searle - Piano Sonata

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CD reviews

Sir John Barbirolli conducts Edmund Rubbra Symphony 5 Op.63 Symphony 6 Op.80 Loth to Depart Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby, Op.50 No.4 Halle Orchestra Issued by The Barbirolli Society - CD SJB 1081

The slow introduction alone justifies my outlay on (modest) cost. It is spacious and sublime; it puts all other recordings I have in the shade (Boult, del Mar and Hickox) and heralds a performance of great beauty and substance. Rubbra never wrote anything approaching this work for its innate spiritual response to the world around him.

In this respect it seems to be close to Sibelius’s similar response in his own glorious Sixth Symphony. Due to our human failings in recognising true quality in artistic life, it is soul destroying to realise such treasures as contained in these two wonderful masterpieces will forever remain the preserve of cognoscenti and connoisseurs rather than reaching the widest possible audience.

I can, however, report that this majestic recording of Rubbra’s Sixth Symphony, taken down live from the Cheltenham Festival in 1956, gives the best possible chance of extending its appeal into the mainstream. Barbirolli’s greatness for capturing the very essence in English music shines forth with splendour despite the limitations of the recording (not too bad for its day).

The Fifth Symphony comes from lower slopes of excellence but it is still one of Rubbra’s best; forthright, energetic, wonderfully scored and full of memorable moments. In some other symphonies Rubbra gets side-tracked from a concerted line of symphonic thought but this does not affllict the Fifth and certainly not the Sixth.

Barbirolli’s pioneering recording from 1952, originally on 78s, then on a 10” LP (there were a lot in the early LP era) is now reissued in the best possible sound. He does not conduct the score; he interprets the music so that the listener is caught up in Rubbra’s imagination, blessed by his unique English style and substance.

Rubbra’s best music is as individual as that by Vaughan Williams. While the older composer is now safely revived in fortunes (even on the BBC!), Rubbra remains almost totally unknown to the general listener. Surely this release offers the best possible opportunity for the gates of appreciation to be flung open for Edmund Rubbra to take his rightful place as a truly great English composer.

Edward Clark

ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK (1914-1991); Symphonic Works

Volume 8; Concertos for Violin; Cello and Piano;

Berlin Concert Orchestra, conductor Lukasz Borowicz (CPO 777 687-2)

Andrzej Panufnik’s poignantly painful wartime Warsaw memories make totally absorbing listening in all three of these powerful concerto scores. The abject cruelties of war, ranging from desperation and surrender to the militaristic glories of victory, are vividly encapsulated here.

At the very heart of these well-crafted performances is a cello concerto adagio of such compelling power it literally propels shivers down the spine. Suddenly the 2014 World War centenary is brought into sharp perspective. We can clearly hear how Panufnik’s early family life was inhumanely and cruelly shattered by second-world-war brutality.

This is the latest and easily the greatest in a treasure chest series comprising eight stunning Panufnik CD recordings, injecting precious new life into a hitherto largely ignored musical genius. Panufnik, cruelly scarred by the savage Nazi Polish blitzkrieg, fled to Britain and safety where he further developed his inimitable composing style. Only now, 13 years after his death, is his music getting due recognition from brilliant recordings like this.

Raphael Wallfisch pours his heart into the magnificent two-movement Cello Concerto, plumbing the depths of despair in a moving Adagio, before cleverly changing mood in a scintillating rhythmic Vivace finale. Alexander Sitkovetsky shows real commitment and compassion in a Violin Concerto commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin which the composer dedicated to his wife. In delightful pizzicato passages, wonderfully supported by satisfying string harmonies, the playing is both delicate and ethereally arresting. Ewa Kupiec, piano, has a masterful keyboard touch which produces a satisfying sound in fragile, gossamer-like passages through to the emphatic arresting Presto agitatofinale. Overall Lukasz Borowicz coaxes the very best from a finely polished Konzerthausorchester Berlin. A beautifully weighted percussion section adds to that vintage Panufnik touch throughout.

Panufnik has already been ‘pigeon-holed’ by music critics and academics as one of the world’s “cold war” composers. Surely a misnomer when the sheer emotional warmth of these performances is taken into account! This CD is highly commended as a gateway to uncovering the real meaning behind Andrzej Panufnik’s music.

Chris Bye

BMS Printed Newsletter—March 15—page 5

STANDFORD: Symphony No. 1 ‘The Seasons’; Cello Concerto; Prelude to a Fantasy. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra; conductor, David Lloyd-Jones; Raphael Wallfisch, cello BMS 441CD or Naxos 8.571356

The very word ‘seasons’ can conjure up that infectious Vivaldi concerto we all hear snatches of in hotel receptions, doctors’ waiting rooms, and department store lifts or when we’re put on hold while making ‘phone calls. Brilliant music is in danger here of being stigmatised into commonplace ‘muzak’ in the wake of it being hi-jacked for popular use.

The Yorkshire composer, Patric Standford, offers an alternative to this hackneyed demise with his first symphony fully entitled‘The Seasons – an English Year’, and Standford’s colourful craftsmanship gives a vivid interpretation of Britain’s inspirational seasons.

It is a pity that Patric Standford’s name is not at the everyday forefront of the popularity that enjoyed by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. David Lloyd-Jones and the RSNO make fitting ambassadors for these appealing seasonal weather pictures. Flamboyant orchestration coaxes listeners through the erratic British temperate climate we all know and love. This picturesque music opens with a candid immediacy exuding the joys of spring with an emphatic throaty brass sparkle. Unashamedly poetical scoring flows through the four movements with enticing touches from the xylophone, harp and tam-tam which enhance a ‘good-to-be-alive’ feeling.

This is alluring, mind’s-eye music which conjures up delightful, bucolic charm. Thrusting green spring shoots, a heavy humid summer heat, the quirky rustle of falling autumn leaves, combine with sweeping melodic images of fresh white snow. All combine to make up a luscious musical blend of vivid seasonal images.

This warm, malleable mood continues in Standford’s Cello Concerto and boasts some highly-polished playing from soloist Raphael Wallfisch, especially in stunning solo passages. From the arresting vigour of the concerto’s startling opening, rigorous arpeggios are delivered with a tremendous animation and confidence that bubbles through the whole impressive score. A shorter but no less satisfying piece, Prelude to Fantasy, reveals Stanford’s undeniable composing talent and clever orchestrating abilities, adeptly deploying a vivid range of colours from the musical paint box.

Overall this release shows the meticulous pace and disciplined control of the admirably experienced conductor David Lloyd-Jones which first emerged on disc in his deft handling of the Bax symphonies and tone poems. This release is another welcome asset under the British flag.

Chris Bye

NB This recording is available through the BMS under our own

label, or through Naxos under the new release. The BMS benefits more through selling our own label version!

FLOWERS OF THE FIELD:

An Oxford Elegy, Vaughan Williams; Requiem da Camera, Finzi; The Trumpet, Gurney; A Shropshire Lad (Rhapsody), Butterworth;

City of London Choir; London Mozart Players; Hilary Davan Wetton.

(Naxos 8.573426)

Britain will never forget that vividly moving sight of thousands of ceramic poppies surrounding the Tower of London. Each little red flower paid homage to every single life brutally lost in the bloody carnage of World War 1, 100 years ago. This centenary had real impact right across all the arts and media.

Not only does this new recording mark 2014’s centenary of that futile conflict, but throws a welcome new light on two world premieres recordings of works from the colourful Gerald Finzi (1901 –1956) and the tragic Ivor Gurney (1890 – 1937). These superbly polished and brilliantly delivered premier releases come sandwiched between two concert hall favourites of the time – from the higher profile names of Ralph Vaughan Williams and George Butterworth.

They share an intoxicating combination of the savage beauty and abject sadness that gripped Europe in post Great War years. Deeply meaningful lyrics and subtle harmonies are finally recognised by superb pieces entitled ‘The Trumpet’ and ‘Requiem da Camera.’

Here are two freshly recorded plaintive works which perfectly reflect the horrific aftermath of this terrible war, oft misquoted as “a war to end all wars”. Hilary Wetton and the well-disciplined Mozart Players conjure up ghosts from savage, bloody, battlefields.

Roderick Williams (baritone) and Jeremy Irons (speaker) make distinctive contributions with their well-known soloist voices. Smooth gentle harmonies of the City of London Choir envelop the listener with some subtle choral writing, particularly in the higher treble register.

The wonderful words of the celebrated English poet, John Masefield, are captivating. Of the young generations cruelly lost in the World War 1 carnage they tellingly deliver a sad reminder for us all:

“..and (they) knew no more, The fields of home, the byres, the market towns, Nor the dear outline of the English shore.” Potent works like these break valuable new musical ground and will never let us forget.

We WILL remember them.

Chris Bye

BMS Printed Newsletter—March 15—page 6

Concert review Coffee Concert at Christ Church, Cheltenham Saturday 14th February 2015 Emma Sheppard – Viola Gavin Sutherland - Piano

This Valentine's Day recital was given by violist, Emma Shep-pard and pianist, Gavin Sutherland before a knowing and appreciative audience. The all-English programme had a suitable whiff of 'love' about it, although not necessarily always amorous in the conventional sense; it was as much a showering of love by composers upon the much maligned viola as anything else. At least two of them were players, of varying abilities - Vaughan Williams for fun, Eric Coates as an early career. The former's contribution was introduced as the viola's 'Lark Ascending', more in spirit than in content as the melodic lines hovered and swooped accordingly albeit on a smaller plane than its violin companion. The Coates was typical of its composer, with a strong lyrical line full of heartfelt emotion, here more guided towards its dedicatee, and Coates' teacher, Lionel Tertis, than any fresh-faced maiden.

The Four Pieces Op 42 of Robin Milford were a typical and refreshing example of his work, vaguely neoclassical in terms of spareness, but with true romantic feelings distilled into well contrasted vignettes, and beautifully suited to the instrument. They were played assuredly, with fine shaping of the phrases and an easy feel of ebb and flow overall. As were the four movements of William Alwyn's Sonatina no 2, ranging from martial insistence to delicate filigree work in the central Air and Dance. The original title of Suite is proba-bly still more apt than its final one in terms of form and feel-ing. The recital was completed by a work by the duo's pianist, written for them and reflecting the idea of two intermingling voices in the same way as two dancers would work their magic on stage - a familiar view to the composer on a daily basis. The gently litling lines were beautifully captured and the whole recital demonstrated a clear understanding be-tween the players which in turn drew a particularly warm

response from the audience. Dr Philip Lane

PLEA FOR SINGERS!

David Pennant, great grandson to Sir John Stainer has com-posed a 35 minute sequel to his ancestor's most famous work, Crucifixion, entitled The Resurrection.

It is to be performed near Wo-king on Saturday 18th April and more chorus members are need-ed to swell the numbers from 30 to about 60. Further details are to be found at

www.theresurrection.org.uk

British Music Symposium

The British Music Society is delighted to be able to announce details of the British Music Symposium which will be taking place as part of the 300th Three Choirs Festival in Hereford on Friday 31st July.

The event will take place in the prestigious Left Bank complex on the banks of the river Wye, close to the cathedral in Here-ford and will focus on musical themes to be found in the fes-tival programme.

Two talks will form the main events of the day. Edward Clark will talk about “The influence of Sibelius on British Music” while Paul Spicer will talk about “The music of Arthur Bliss”. Sibelius’ 5th Symphony is being performed back to back with Arthur Bliss’ Morning Heroes in the Cathedral on Monday 27th July.

In the afternoon ses-sion, the BMS will hold its AGM as part of the symposium - a great opportunity to have your say on the work of the Society - and will celebrate the event with a selection of CDs and publica-tions on sale from their ever-expanding catalogue. To finish the day, we are de-lighted to be able to welcome our new President, Raphael Wallfisch, who will give a short recital of British music.

For those who might wish to stay on into the evening, the Three Choirs Festival Chorus joins the Philharmonia Orches-tra in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem to mark the close of the 300th Festival.

Tickets for the Symposium will be available through the Three Choirs box office at

www.3choirs.org

BMS Printed Newsletter—March 15—page 7

Michael Hurd CDs Special Offer

Members may currently purchase copies of six Michael Hurd related CDs at special prices until our limited stocks run out.

They are -

Roger Slade asks "Do you know anything about the composer

Muriel Talbot Hodge?

“Her name does not appear to be in any music directories/dictionaries that I can find, including two books dedicated to wom-en composers only. At first I thought that this might be that her music never quite made the grade and so she did not warrant being included in the likes of Groves etc. However, in the Musical Times, I have found that during the 1930s much of her music was performed at the Wigmore Hall in London and some of her music is reviewed in the same journal. Someone who has her music performed regularly at a venue such as the Wigmore Hall certainly sounds as though they are definitely on the musical 'map', which makes it even stranger that she does not appear in any reference books.

I shall be involved in an amateur performance of one of her works next September (Three Sketches for flute, violin and piano) and the music struck me as being very well composed and quite moving to listen to.

I should very much like to try and find out something about her life and works. Email me (roger@rslade.co.uk) with any infor-mation you might have. Thank you."

DUTTON CDLX7280 Hurd - Choral Symphony: The Shepherd's

Calendar for chorus, children's chorus and orchestra + Corp -

And all the Trumpets Soundedfor 2 baritones, chorus, chil-

dren's chorus and orchestra; (Mark Stone/Roderick Williams/

London Chorus/New London Children's choir/Bournemouth

Symphony Orchestra/Ronald Corp)

Price - £5.00

DUTTON CDLX7297 (2 CDs) Hurd - Orchestral Music - Overture

to an Unwritten Comedy; Sinfonia Concertante; Dance Diver-

sions; Concerto Da Camera; Little Suite; Plaine and Fancie; Har-

lequin Suite + Pop Cantatas - Charms and Ceremonies; Hip Hip

Horatio; Nine of Anon; A New Nowell (Lorraine McAslan/

Nicholas Daniel/New London Children's Choir and Orchestra/

Ronald Corp with other soloists)

Price - £7.00

Prices include UK postage and packing.

Please add postage for Europe -

1-2 CDs £2-50; 3-4 £3-50; 5-6 £4-50

Postage outside Europe - 1-2 CDs £4-00; 3-4 £6-00; 5-6 £8-50.

Orders with payment in favour of the Society to the Treasurer

(treasurer@britishmusicsociety.com) who can also quote for

payment in other currencies.

DUTTON CDLX7243 Hurd - Song Cycle; Shore Leave + Elgar -

Sea Pictures;Two songs; and Pageant of Empire + Gurney -

Lights Out (Roderick Williams with BBC Concert Orchestra/

Martin Yates)

PRICE - £5.00

NAXOS 8.572505 Hurd - Pop Cantatas - Jonah-Man

Jazz; Prodigal; Rooster Rag; Swingin' Samson; Captain Co-

ram's Kids (New London Children's Choir/members of the

New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp)

PRICE - £3.50

DUTTON CDLX7269 Hurd - Chamber Opera: The Widow of

Ephesus; Ballad Cantata:Mr. Owen's Great Endeav-

our (Soloists/City of Canterbury Chamber Choir/Orchestra

Nova/George Vass)

Price - £5.00

METIER MSV 28522 Hurd - Violin Sonata; 5 Preludes for pi-

ano; Recorder Sonatina; 3 Piece Suite for recorder & string

quartet + Robin Milford - Prelude for piano trio; 3 Airs for

recorder & piano; Fantasia for string quartet; Recorder Sona-

tina; and Christmas Pastoral + Richard Blackford - Concerto

for recorder & string quartet (John Turner/Peter Lawson/

Richard Howarth/Manchester Chamber Ensemble)

Price - £7.50

BMS Printed Newsletter—March 15—page 8

The British

Music Society

Website

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Email

info@britishmusicsociety.com

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Twitter

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Executive Committee

Chairman - Adrian Lucas

a.lucas@britishmusicsociety.com

Vice Chairman - John Gibbons

j.gibbons@britishmusicsociety.com

Treasurer - Stephen Trowell

s.trowell@britishmusicsociety.com

Other committee members

Edward Clark

e.clark@britishmusicsociety.com

Martin Cotton (recordings)

m.cotton@britishmusicsociety.com

Karen Fletcher (publicity)

k.fletcher@britishmusicsociety.com

Wendy Hiscocks

w.hiscocks@britishmusicsociety.com

Anna Joubert (social media)

a.joubert@britishmusicsociety.com

Dan Rootham (web)

d.rootham@britishmusicsociety.com

Registered Charity 1043838

Diary of events As dates are regularly updated, please double-check online at

www.britishmusicsociety.com/events/ 2015 Saturday 9 May 14.00 BMS Annual Lecture: The British Symphony in

the 20th Century - Dr Timothy Bowers

Swedenborg Hall, London WC1A 2TH

2.30pm - Admission Free

JUNE ISSUE OF JUNE PRINTED NEWS

Saturday 6 June Visit to Shulbrede Priory, home of Sir Hubert

Parry, as guests of the Hon. Laura Ponsonby

Venue: Shulbrede Priory, W Sussex

- Admission: £25.00

Friday 31 July All day British Music Symposium and BMS AGM at the

Hereford Three Choirs Festival

Friday 31 July Deadline for submission of material for

September Journal

SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF 2015 AUTUMN JOURNAL

and SEPTEMBER PRINTED NEWS

October—November BMS Song Competition

(precise dates to be confirmed)

DECEMBER ISSUE OF DECEMBER PRINTED NEWS

2016 MARCH ISSUE OF 2016 SPRING JOURNAL

and MARCH PRINTED NEWS

Make

British Composer Profiles a special gift this year.

British Composer Profiles is a biographical

dictionary of past British composers living

between 1800 and 2010. Seven hundred

and twenty composers are represented in

this substantial 250 page dictionary.

British Composer Profiles costs £10 for

BMS members (£12.50 for non-

members) plus postage & packing (within

the UK £2.50, airmail within the rest of

Europe £6, airmail outside Europe £10).