Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music Sunday 23rd February 2003 at 3pm Concert Review Elgar: ‘Cockaigne’ Overture op. 40; Bax: Concertante for three wind instruments and orchestra Elizabeth Couling, cor anglais; Nicholas Ellis, clarinet; Kate Goldsmith, horn; Sirius Ensemble c. … Continue reading →
Arnold Bax: String Quartet No.3 in F major; Lyrical Interlude for String Quintet*; Adagio non troppo ‘Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan’ (from String Quartet in E major). Maggini Quartet with *Garfield Jackson (viola) THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified January 6, 2003 … Continue reading →
City Music Society-Bishopsgate Hall, London EC2 David Owen Norris (piano) Bax: Sonata No.2 Elgar: Five Improvisations January 14th 2003 THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified January 19, 2003 Review by Christopher Webber The City Music Society, founded by … Continue reading →
Barbirolli/BBC Legends: Vaughan Williams-Symphony No. 8; Bax-Oboe Quintet (arr. Barbirolli – Evelyn Rothwell, oboe); Rawsthorne-Street Corner Overture; Delius-On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring; Walton- Crown Imperial March (The Trumpeters & Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller … Continue reading →
Sir Arnold Bax – Symphony No. 4, Overture to a Picaresque Comedy and Nympholept. Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by David Lloyd-Jones THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified April 24, 2002 NAXOS 8.555343 Review by Graham Parlett The … Continue reading →
BAX: Fanfare for the Royal Wedding; Oliver Twist (excerpts); November Woods; Tintagel; Coronation March. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Herrmann, Elgar Howarth, Sir Neville … Continue reading →
Arnold Bax: Violin Sonata No. 1 (1921); Violin Sonata in G Minor (1901); Ballad for violin and piano (1916); Legend for violin and piano (1915). Robert Gibbs (violin), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (piano). ASV CD DCA 1127 (60’38”) THE SIR ARNOLD … Continue reading →
Arnold Bax: String Quartets No. 1 in G major; No. 2 Maggini Quartet Naxos 8.555282 THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified November 18, 2001 Naxos 8.555282 Review by Graham Parlett Bax wrote five string quartets in all: two … Continue reading →
Colin Scott-Sutherland (ed.), Ideala: Poems and some early love letters by Arnold Bax including the Collected Poems of Dermot O’Byrne. Fand Music Press, 2001. 320 pp. £50. http://www.fandmusic.com/ THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified November 4, 2001 … Continue reading →
Arnold Bax – The Complete Music for Viola and Piano/Harp Ivo-Jan van der Werff (viola); Simon Marlow (piano); Hugh Webb (Harp) Koch Classics 3-6762-2 (Recorded St George’s Brandon Hill, Bristol, March 1998) Fantasy Sonata. Gunter Pretzel (viola), Rosemarie Schmid-Münster (harp). … Continue reading →
