Q&A with Ben Parry
We are delighted to have issued three new choral pieces this summer by the multi-talented composer, conductor and singer Ben…
We are delighted to have issued three new choral pieces this summer by the multi-talented composer, conductor and singer Ben…
Eleanor Oldroyd’s recent BBC Radio 4 programme – Perfect Pitch (From Choir Stalls to Cricket Balls) – was a fascinating exploration…
Anticipation is growing ahead of the 400th anniversary next year of the death of William Byrd on 4 July 1623,…
If you see something that doesn’t look right, speak to staff or text British Transport Police on 61016. We’ll sort…
At the end of January 1937, Ralph Vaughan Williams sent a letter to Frau Stephanie Pinthus in Nordhausen am Harz…
We’re very excited to welcome Russell Hepplewhite and Helen Eastman to the second in our composer “Q&A” series! Russell and…
When I started to assemble a programme of music with the aim of helping choirs in their planning of Vaughan…
From the Stainer & Bell Archive: Augener’s Edition Catalogue 1928 BACKGROUND As far as amateur musicians were concerned, Augener were,…
Last month, we explored the lives and renaissance of two 19th-century composers, Fanny Hensel and Clara Schumann (‘Reputation’). With International…
The latest volume of the innovative Multitude of Voyces collection of sacred music by women composers is now available from Stainer & Bell.…
100 Years Ago: ‘A new choral problem’! Just recently I came across the January 1920 issue of The Musical Times…
Last week my eye rested on a report in the papers of an important discovery made under floorboards in an…