Clifford Gillam, the founder of the original Arnold Bax Society, has recently donated to the British Library two very interesting letters that were addressed to him—one from Bax, the other from Sibelius. The first of these was in response to … Continue reading →
A Preface: Meeting Mr. Bax I’m an instructional assistant in the Reading and Writing Center at Folsom Lake College, not far from Sacramento, California. Thus I work as a tutor of English, though my bachelor’s and master’s degrees are both … Continue reading →
Sir Arnold Bax Website RECONSTRUCTING OLIVER TWIST by Graham Parlett Muir Mathieson, Harriet Cohen and Sir Arnold Bax at the recording session for the music to the film Oliver Twist in 1948. Bax’s dislike of writing music for the cinema … Continue reading →
TINTAGEL on Record A survey by Christopher Webber THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Created 13th December 2003 Revised 17th May 2007 If Bax’s name means anything to the average concert-goer, it will most likely be for one work alone … Continue reading →
Music from the Magic Mountain – Bax 50 Years Later by Greg Barns (with kind permission of the author and The Australian Financial Review) THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified September 23, 2003 Editor’s Note: This article first … Continue reading →
Vernon Handley Records Bax in Manchester THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified October 7, 2003 Vernon Handley Conducting the BBC Philharmonic in August 2003 Session Report by Richard R. Adams Vernon Handley’s mad dash to record the Bax … Continue reading →
Composer of the Week – Arnold Bax Radio New Zealand, Concert FM, broadcast 26 and 27 August 2001 THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified November 4, 2002 by Marshall Walker Professor of English, University of Waikato, New Zealand … Continue reading →
Following Bax to Morar by Ian Lace THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified September 17, 2002 The islands of Eigg and Rhum as seen from the Morar Coast. Photo by Richard Adams Note: The following article is Ian … Continue reading →
Bax’s Last Golden Twilight THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified August 1, 2002 Below: Aerial View of the Old Head of Kinsale showing the lighthouse at its extremity. It was from this point that Bax looked out over … Continue reading →
Following Bax to Glencolumcille by Ian Lace THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified June 22, 2003 Editor’s Note: There are numerous spellings of Glencolumcille but we have chosen to include only the more modern accepted spelling for the … Continue reading →
