Andrew Litton and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Bax’s Second Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall on August 16, 2011 as part of this year’s Proms Season. This is the first Bax symphony to be played at the Proms … Continue reading →
The pianist Philip Adamson has recorded a recital of 20th Century British Piano music that includes Bax’s Second Sonata. Other work on this disc include Humphrey Searle’s Vigil, Op. 3; Frank Bridge’s Lament for Catherine, In Autumn: Retrospect; In Autumn: … Continue reading →
Bax’s ‘A Rabelaisian Catechism (La foi d’la loi)’ has just been published by Fand Music Press and is available from its website (www.fandmusic.com) for £9.95. This arrangement for baritone and piano of a ribald traditional French folksong was made in … Continue reading →
Chandos has not yet confirm whether Edward Gardner will be recording a follow-up disc of Bax Tone Poems for the Chandos label. Chandos had announced earlier that Gardner would be continuing the Tone Poem series started by Vernon Handley but … Continue reading →
A new foundation honoring the memory of the late Vernon Handley is being created with the intent of promoting the performance of rarely-heard British music and supporting young orchestral musicians and aspiring orchestral musicians. The Foundation hopes to create an … Continue reading →
A Yahoo discussion group has been created devoted to Sir Arnold Bax. Those interested in joining should visit the group’s web site at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Arnoldbax/. This group will be a collecting point for feedback about every aspect of Bax’s work.
Continue reading →ARNOLD BAX – English Piano Sonatas, Malcolm Binns Review by Christopher Webber THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified January 12, 2007 English Piano Sonatas Malcolm Binns (piano) Bax: Piano Sonatas Nos.1-4 (plus two appendices taken from the manuscript … Continue reading →
Arnold Bax – Phantasy Sonata for Viola and Harp Raymond Jeremy, viola; Maria Korchinska, harp [TT=20’37”] Recorded late summer 1928 (NGS 118-120) Transfers and XR remastering by Andrew Rose, March 2008 PRISTINE CLASSICAL download only release in association with Gramophone. … Continue reading →
Sea Fever – Songs by Bax, Ireland, Dyson, Boughton, Bainton and Parry Roderick Williams, Baritone BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates. Dutton Epoch CDLX 7199 Recorded in The Colosseum Town Hall, Watford, 5-6 June 2007 Review by Richard R. Adams … Continue reading →
Symphony No.2 Symphony No.5 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Myer Fredman (No.2), Raymond Leppard (No.5) SRCD 233 [78:28] Recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, October 1970 (No.2) and February 1971 (No.5) Review by GRAHAM PARLETT We have Ken Russell to … Continue reading →
