George Parris is a singer, conductor and scholar of early-twentieth-century Anglo-Irish music. He was awarded the Elgar Society’s Certificate of Merit for initiating an Elgar Festival as his school, St Edward’s Oxford. In the same year, he founded The Carice … Continue reading →
31st March 2017 at 19:30. Pre-Concert talk begins at 18.30. All seats unreserved. The Baptist Church, High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1EH. Maggini Quartet. Haydn: String quartet in E flat Op. 20 No.1 Bax: String quartet No. 1 in G (1918) … Continue reading →
25 March 2017 at 19:30. St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, London. Whitehall Orchestra, Michael Nebe (conductor), Adam Hill (violin). Bax: Tintagel Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Continue reading →16 December 2017 at 19:30 Kings Place: Hall One, London Oliver Coates with Tenebrae: Le temps de Noël Poulenc, Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine Debussy, 3 Chansons de Charles d’Orleans Fauré, Cello Sonata … Continue reading →
11 June 2017 at 11:00 Kultur Casino, Bern Marsalis, Meelaan, for bassoon and string quartet Gershwin, Lullaby, for string quartet Menotti, Cantilena and Scherzo for harp and string quartet Bax, Threnody and Scherzo, for bassoon, harp and string sextet Anouk … Continue reading →
18 May 2017 at 19:30 and 19:30 All Saints Church, West Dulwich, London Concordia Chamber Choir Britten, Te deum in C Major Britten, Jubilate Deo in C Britten, Hymn of St Columba Bax, This worldes joie Howells, Take him, earth, … Continue reading →
25 March 2017 at 19:30 St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, London Whitehall Orchestra Bax, Tintagel Korngold, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op.14 Michael Nebe, Conductor Adam Hill, Violin
Continue reading →At 2 p.m. on the afternoon of Saturday, 14 January 2017, the distinguished pianist Philip Mead began a marathon all-Bax programme in the Recital Room of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge—a very rare event that included two world premières. The … Continue reading →
A “Twist” in Sir Arnold Bax’s Late Musical Output by William B. Hannam Editor’s Note: William B. Hannam is a part-time professor of music appreciation and musicology at Kent State University. His doctoral dissertation, completed in 2008, was titled “Arnold … Continue reading →
THE BACKGROUND TO IN MEMORIAM by Graham Parlett In 1911 Bax fulfilled his long-cherished dream of living in Ireland, and for nearly three years he and his wife rented a house on the outskirts of Dublin, where he became friends … Continue reading →
