PROVOCATIVE THOUGHTS: 
The late Patric Standford may have written these short pieces deliberately to provoke our feedback. If so, his success is reflected in the rich range of readers' comments appearing at the foot of most of the pages.
- A P Virag
- Kullervo
- Ruy Mingas
- Alberta
- Liam Dunachie
- Viennese Imperial Court
- Château de Flawinne
- Stravinsky: Piano-Rag-Music
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave, the Scottish composer, was born in Edinburgh on 27 May 1928. She studied with Nadia Boulanger and Aaron Copland. She has spent much of her life residing in America, where she wrote the opera Mary, Queen of Scots in 1976 to much critical applause. An earlier Clarinet Concerto enables the soloist to move around the orchestra playing with different groups of instruments.
Further information: theamusgrave.com
A selection of articles about Thea Musgrave
Ensemble. Water Under the Bridge - Mike Wheeler welcomes Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra back to Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall for the opening of the new season
Record box - Flute tones. Basil Ramsey reports on the unusual in ensemble