Shrewsbury Gateway Arts Centre
30 November 2:00pm, Shrewsbury Gateway Arts Centre: Music by Ireland, Brahms, myself, and Bax’s Sonata No. 1 Eric McElroy, pianist
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Exeter Cathedral, Exeter
25 November at 19:30 Exeter Cathedral, Exeter Vaughan Williams, Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony” Bax, November Woods Exeter Choral Society Exmouth Choral Society Wellington Choral Society Laurence Blyth, Conductor Brian Northcott, Conductor Paul Sheehan, Bass-baritone Alison Burnett, Soprano
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24 November 1:15pm, Sheffield Cathedral: Lunchtime concert including Bax’s Sonata No. 1 Eric McElroy, pianist
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10 November 1:00pm, Birmingham Midland Institute: The Slaughter of the Times: English Piano Music and the First World War, including Bax’s Sonata No. 2 Eric McElroy, pianist
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The Young American pianist Eric McElroy will be playing the First and Second Bax piano sonatas on December 14th at 6:00 p.m. He will be playing the Third and Fourth Sonatas next year. The recital will take place at the … Continue reading →
The Birmingham Conservatoire is scheduling a “Bax Piano Festival” in June 2018
The Birmingham Conservatoire is scheduling a “Bax Piano Festival” in June 2018 that will include a large selection of the composer’s solo keyboard works as well as songs (including world premieres); Chamber Music to include the Nonet and Oboe Quartet; … Continue reading →
Christopher Webber reviews the latest Naxos disc from the Carice Singers
Given the power of Bax’s symphonies and tone poems, it is easy sometimes to forget the equal mastery of his major piano and chamber works, let alone the best of his countless productions for the human voice. Hearing this excellent … Continue reading →
All Hallow’s by the Tower, Tower Hill, London
Friday May 12, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. All Hallow’s by the Tower Tower Hill, London Bax: Legend for viola and piano Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet excerpts (arr. viola and piano) Rebecca Clarke: Sonata Mark Gibbs, viola Christopher Atkinson, piano
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Simon Brackenborough is the founder and editor of Corymbus. He is a music graduate who divides his time between Hampshire and London, and tweets at @sbrackenborough. He is an admirer of Bax’s musicand he has just published a fascinating essay … Continue reading →
Bax and Delius Choral Music from The Carice Singers on Naxos
Naxos is releasing in May 2017 a disc featuring The Carice Singers led by their founder George Parris in a program of choral music by Delius and Bax. The disc will include Bax’s Five Greek Songs, This Worldes Joie and … Continue reading →