Announcements – The Sir Arnold Bax Website

Graham Parlett – (1946-2021)

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Bax AdminJune 7, 2021

A personal tribute by Richard R. Adams.

When in 1996 I created the Sir Arnold Bax Website, I knew immediately the first couple of luminaries I wanted to interview. Vernon (Tod) Handley was my initial preference, but the media-shy conductor turned out to be very evasive; so I pursued my second choice, who was at that time was the curator of Asian Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and who during his off hours was intensively involved in research on the life and music of Sir Arnold Bax.

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BMS EVENTS TO MARK COMPOSER SIR ARNOLD BAX’S RECOGNITION IN SCOTLAND

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Bax AdminMarch 16, 2020

THE exciting news that internationally renowned British composer, Sir Arnold Bax, is to be officially recognised in Scotland will be welcomed by BMS members and all classical music enthusiasts.

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BAX FESTIVAL June 18th/19th 2018

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Bax AdminJune 14, 2018

A short celebration of the music of Sir Arnold Bax Monday June 18th, Lunchtime Concert, RH, 12.10pm. Bax Clarinet Sonata, performed by Joe Wallace (clarinet) and Veronika Tabakova (piano). Bax Piano Solos: Winter Waters – Eungi Chung The Princess’s Rose … Continue reading →

CLIFFORD GILLAM (1927–2017)

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Bax AdminDecember 11, 2017

Dr Clifford Wilfred Gillam, the founder of the original Arnold Bax Society, died peacefully on 2 June, seven weeks short of his 90th birthday. I first came across his name when I read an article by him in the Bax … Continue reading →

The Young American pianist Eric McElroy will be playing the First and Second Bax piano sonatas on December 14th

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Bax AdminDecember 1, 2017

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

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Bax AdminDecember 1, 2017

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 →

“The Music that Time Forgot” –Simon Brackenborough on Bax’s Third Symphony

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Bax AdminJune 12, 2017

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

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Bax AdminJune 12, 2017

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 →

Philip Mead’s Private Invitation Concert

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Bax AdminMarch 9, 2017

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 →

Performances of Bax’s “Christmas Eve” scheduled in Paris and Poznań this December

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Bax AdminMarch 8, 2017

Bax’s tone poem Christmas Eve (1912, revised 1921) is receiving performances by orchestras in France and Poland this December. The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France will be playing the work in the Auditorium Maison de la radio in Paris on … Continue reading →