VIDEO PODCAST: Slava Ukraini! - recorded on 24 February 2022, the day Europe woke up to the news that Vladimir Putin's Russian forces had invaded Ukraine. A fifty minute video which also features Caitríona O'Leary and Eric Fraad discussing their new film Island of Saints, and pays tribute to Joseph Horovitz, Malcolm Troup and Maria Nockin.
LISTENING TO TCHAIKOVSKY: Béla Hartmann uses his knowledge of Eastern Europe to argue against the banning of all Russian culture following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
American composer Jean Belmont Ford was born in Redlands, California, on 25 December 1939, and is based in Kansas. Her output includes the choral works If Music Be the Food of Love and Johnny has Gone for a Soldier. Another choral piece, Electa, was recorded in 2008 on the Chandos label in a performance by the Phoenix Chorale conducted by Charles Bruffy.
Record Box. A Rewarding Experience - Music from The Phoenix Chorale impresses Patric Standford