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 →
‘For the Fallen’, Elgar: The Spirit of England Op.80*, A Voice in the Wilderness Op.77$, Grania and Diarmid Op.42#, Bax: In Memoriam, Hallé Choir and Orchestra, Rachel Nicolls (soprano)*; Joshua Ellicott (narrator), Jennifer France (soprano)$; Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano)#, Sir Mark … Continue reading →
Saturday January 14, 2017 Recital Room Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, England All Bax Piano Recital including The F# Minor First Sonata, Legend, Happy Forest, Nympholept, Scherzo and John Mitchell’s arrangement of Pensive Twilight. Philip Mead, pianist
Continue reading →Saturday December 17, 2016 at 18:00 Adam Mickiewicz University “A Symphony for Christmas” Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra Arnold Bax: Christmas Eve Victor Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony for orchestra Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Suite from the ballet The Nutcracker Maciej ŻÓŁTOWSKI – conductor Poznań … Continue reading →
Friday December 16, 2016 at 20:00 Maison de la radio – Auditorium “Concert de noel” Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Victor Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony, 1st movement Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Christmas Carol Frederick Delius: Sleigh Ride (Winter … Continue reading →
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 →
Saturday July 15, 2017 at 19:30 St Barnabas Church, Ealing, London Ealing Symphony Orchestra “An Emperor in the Alpines” Bax: The Garden of Fand Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat – The Emperor Strauss: An Alpine Symphony George … Continue reading →
Sunday March 19, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA Bax: In Memoriam Beethoven : Violin Concerto Debussy: La Mer Vivian Ling, violin Symphony Parnassus http://www.symphonyparnassus.org/mar-19-2017/
Continue reading →Sunday January 29, 2017 at 15:00 St John’s Church, Stansted Mountfitchet Globe Ensemble (flute, viola and harp) Bax: Elegiac Trio Weinberg: Trio for flute, harp and viola Op 127 Debussy: Trio for flute, viola and harp Leclair: Trio Sonata in … Continue reading →
