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.
VIDEO PODCAST: Slava Ukraini! - recorded on 24 February 2022, the day the world 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.
Classical music news. April 2022 Newsletter - Watch and listen to our April 2022 newsletter
Ensemble. Original and Impressive - Geoff Pearce listens to Adrian Williams' Symphony No 1
Ensemble. Time to Become More Widely Known - Keith Bramich listens to orchestral and chamber music by Adrian Williams
Classical music news. Hang in there together - Classical Music Daily's March 2021 Newsletter has just been published as a video podcast
Classical music news - Steven Gerber - The English Symphony Orchestra presents a Steven Gerber portrait concert
Classical music news. The Elgar Festival - An annual celebration of the great British composer takes place in Worcester and Malvern, UK, during May
Classical music news. Adrian Williams - The English Symphony Orchestra announces Adrian Williams as its John McCabe Composer-in-Association for 2019/20
Ensemble. Very Effective - Igor Stravinsky's 'The Soldier's Tale' at the Presteigne Festival, reviewed by Keith Bramich
Ensemble. Coming of age - Keith Bramich at the twenty-first Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts
Record box. Skewering demons - Concert works by film composers, played by the New Art Trio and reviewed by Keith Bramich
Ensemble. Madrigal comedy - Keith Bramich enjoys I Fagiolini's performances of English and Italian music, old and new
CD Spotlight - Tremendous Engagement. '... the listener who attends carefully to this disc will be handsomely rewarded.' Adrian Williams on record, with Peter Dale
A personal memoir of a friend and teacher, with reference to his friendship with Gerald Finzi
Memorable and treasurable. Volume seven of Priory's Complete English Hymnal. '... I love this recording and congratulate Harry Bramma and his perfect and sympathetic organist Andrew Arthur ...'
A Japanese notebook - some of it musical, with composer Adrian Williams
A Japanese notebook - some of it musical, with composer Adrian Williams