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 →
Self-quotation may be a sign of age, idleness or both; but I can’t avoid referring back to my 2007 review of this performance of Bax’s Symphony No.2, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Eugene Goossens in 1956 (Dutton … Continue reading →
03 and 04 June 2018 at 1200 Fundación Juan March, Madrid Dubois, Terzettino Bax, Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harp Jolivet, Petite Suite Brotons, Ad Infinitum Ravel, Sonatine in F sharp major (Arreglo de Carlos Salzedo) Trío Vasnier
Continue reading →12 May 2018 at 19:30 Trinity Church, Harrow Bax, Tintagel Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F major Vaughan Williams, Symphony no. 3, “Pastoral” John Andrews, Conductor Nikola Avramovic, Piano Trinity Orchestra Harrow
Continue reading →24 Mar 2018 at 19:30 West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge Bax, Tintagel Penderecki, Horn Concerto Vaughan Williams, Job – a masque for dancing City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra (CCSO) Robert Hodge, Conductor Ben Goldscheider, French horn
Continue reading →19 March 6:00pm British Embassy (Vienna, Austria): The Slaughter of the Times: English Piano Music and the First World War, including Bax’s Sonata No. 2. Eric McElroy, pianist
Continue reading →1 Mar 2018 at 13:10 CBSO Centre, Birmingham Françaix, Cor Anglais Quartet Bax, In memoriam Patrick Pearse Pasculli, Hommage à Bellini Ibert, Trio for violin, cello and harp: Andante sostenuto Rachael Pankhurst, Cor anglais Katherine Thomas, Harp Jane Wright, Violin … Continue reading →
17 Feb 2018 at 19:00 Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham Bax, Overture to a Picaresque Comedy Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 Orff, Carmina Burana Michael Seal, Conductor Freddy Kempf, Piano Oliver Johnston, Tenor Leigh Melrose, Baritone City of Birmingham … Continue reading →
16 Feb 2018 at 20:00 University of York, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York Corelli, Trio Sonata Op. 3 No. 2 in D major Bartók, Suite Paysanne Hongroise Mathias, Zodiac Trio, Op.70 Bax, Fantasy Sonata for viola and harp Ravel, … Continue reading →
15 Feb 2018 at 14:15 Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham Bax, Overture to a Picaresque Comedy Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 Elgar, Symphony no. 1 in A flat major, Op.55 Michael Seal, Conductor Freddy Kempf, Piano City of Birmingham … Continue reading →
