Last Modified January 5, 2000 John McCabe is one of the most distinguished British composers of the latter half of the 20th Century. He is also a magnificent pianist whose repertoire extends from Haydn to John Corigliano. He is president … Continue reading →
Last Modified July 19, 1997 Myer Fredman is best known to Baxians for his outstanding recordings of the First and Second Symphonies. These recordings appeared on Lyrita in the early 1970s and for many of us they were our introduction … Continue reading →
Last Modified October 6, 1999 John McLaughlin Williams Homepage Address: http://home.earthlink.net/~jonmw It’s amazing to learn that Bax’s Violin Concerto had what is believed to be its first and only American performance just a few years ago. The musician responsible for this … Continue reading →
Last Modified April 5, 1999 Douglas Bostock, born in England in 1955, is one of the outstanding British Conductors of his generation. In 1991 he was appointed Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Carlsbad Symphony Orchestra, one of the … Continue reading →
Last Modified July 20, 2002 Conductor David Lloyd-Jones Editor’s Note: The name David Lloyd-Jones has become increasingly familiar to those who collect classical music on compact disc. Although he made his first album in the early 1970s, it is … Continue reading →
Last Modified January 12, 2001 Conductor Raymond Leppard Raymond Leppard is best known to Baxians for his classic recordings of Bax’s Fifth and Seventh Symphonies made for Lyrita in the 1970s. He is a renowned scholar and performer of Baroque … Continue reading →
Last Modified March 15, 2001 While perhaps best known as Bax’s first biographer, Colin Scott-Sutherland has been writing on composers and other music-related subjects for nearly 40 years. His study, “Arnold Bax”, was published by J.M. Dent and … Continue reading →
Last Modified August 1, 2001 Photo by Jillian Edelstein/Network The Maggini Quartet: Laurence Jackson, violin I; David Angel, violin II; Martin Outram, viola; Michal Kaznowski, cello. Editor’s Note: The Maggini Quartet has became one of the most admired quartets due … Continue reading →
Editor’s Note: This interview is the product of two meetings with Vernon Handley at his home in Abergavenny, Wales . The first interview took place in November 2001 and that was followed up by a second interview that took place just last year … Continue reading →
