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Endnotes, November 2023
Endnotes, November 2023 In this edition: seasonal music by Bax, Medtner in England, reviewed by Stuart Millson Sibelius once remarked that the English composer, Arnold Bax, was “his son in music”. Readers who are familiar with the early-to-mid 20th-century Finnish … Continue reading
Endnotes, September 2022
Endnotes, September 2022 In this edition: the Celtic musical world of Arnold Bax, by Stuart Millson In 1917, the nature- and myth-worshipping English composer Arnold Bax travelled to the northerly Cornish coast, to the “castle-crowned cliffs of Tintagel”, for a … Continue reading
ENDNOTES – English music renewed STUART MILLSON
ENDNOTES – English music renewed STUART MILLSON relishes four world premieres at the English Music Festival The English Music Festival’s first concert took place in the autumn of 2006. An ambitious undertaking by its founder, Em Marshall-Luck, the Festival set … Continue reading
Apocalypse Discs – John Kersey
JOHN KERSEY Historian, musician and educationalist www.johnkersey.org As a musician, I face the prospect of having to save a limited number of works from certain apocalypse with a certain degree of trepidation. The difficulty is always that any selection is … Continue reading
Overture for the 2013 English Music Festival
English Music Festival begins the year with curtain-raiser of rare gems The Orchestra of St. Paul’s, conductor, Ben Palmer at St. John’s, Smith Square, London. 28th February 2013 STUART MILLSON Before a note was played at February’s English Music Festival … Continue reading
ENDNOTES, February 2021
ENDNOTES, February 2021 In this edition: Entente Musicale, new releases of English and French music from SOMM; Kathleen Ferrier, remembered; Messiaen and 20th-century piano music from Divine Art, reviewed by Stuart Millson A musical entente cordiale is presented in splendid … Continue reading →
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