The cellist Lionel Handy completes his survey of Bax’s music for cello and piano by recording the Cello Sonata in E flat major for the Lyrita Label. The disc will also include John Ireland’s Cello Sonata in G minor. Handy … Continue reading →
Harry White, Professor of Music at University College Dublin and a Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, has written an article for the Independent.IE on Sir Arnold Bax’s meeting with Patrick Pearse, who was executed 100 years ago … Continue reading →
The pianist Philip Mead gave the world-premiere performance of Bax’s Nympholept in its original arrangement for piano solo at a concert that took place in the Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin University, at 1:10pm on Friday, 6th November 2015. The recital, … Continue reading →
Fand Music Press has published Bax’s Scherzo for Piano and Dance in the Sun, the latter in an arrangement by John Mitchell. Dance in the Sun is the second of Four Orchestral Pieces that Bax wrote in 1912–13 and Mitchell’s … Continue reading →
RTÉ Lyric fm will be broadcasting ‘Bax, Ireland and 1916’ on 19 February as part of their weekly ‘Lyric Feature’ programme. The programme runs from 7 to 8 p.m., and will be followed immediately afterwards by a live broadcast of … Continue reading →
Radio 3 host Tom Service presented a superb radio essay on Bax last March that can still be heard on the Radio 3 website. During the 15 minute program, Service discusses how he learned of Bax by listening to his … Continue reading →
Sir Mark Elder recorded Bax’s orchestral In Memoriam with the Hallé Orchestra in November 2014. The recording will appear on the Hallé’s own label but couplings at this time have not been announced. This is the first recording of this … Continue reading →
Cellist Lionel Handy and conductor Martin Yates were in Glasgow in late August recording Bax’s Cello Concerto and the early Variations for Orchestra for the Dutton Label. The orchestra was the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The recording of the Variations … Continue reading →
Radio 3 host Tom Service presented a superb radio essay on Bax last March that can still be heard on the Radio 3 website. During the 15 minute program, Service discusses how he learned of Bax by listening to his … Continue reading →
Sir Mark Elder is to perform and record Bax’s orchestral In Memoriam with the Hallé Orchestra in November 2014. The Halle Concerts take place on November 6th at the Bridgewater Hall and again on November 24th at the Arts https://nygoodhealth.com … Continue reading →
