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November 2009
So you want to write a symphony? by Arthur Butterworth
Transposition & the written symbols of musical pitch by Arthur Butterworth
A Passion for the Piano: the Brazilian pianist Cristina Ortiz talks to Bob Briggs (BBr)
2010: The Year of Rutland Boughton
November Download Roundup by Brian Wilson
October 2009
2010: THE YEAR OF RUTLAND BOUGHTON by Ian Boughton
October Download Roundup by Brian Wilson
Singers and music from the early 20th century - a collection of articles by Charles A. Hooey (updated October 23)
Geoffrey Self (1930-2008) - an appreciation
September 2009

Howard Blake - a survey of his music on CD [RB]
Creating a Composition Course by Patric Standford
Irish Classical Musicians – Seven Pioneers of the 19th Century by Basil Walsh

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) on the ALBION label - A triumphant contribution [RB]
The Beatles re-mastered by Jack Lawson
Review Index: Edmund Rubbra - all reviews on Musicweb
Masterwork Index - All reviews of Mahler's Rückert Lieder
I am lost to the world – an appreciation of Mahler’s song Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen by Patrick Waller 
September Download Roundup - Brian Wilson
Label and Masterwork Indexes - back to the start of 2006; over 8,000 reviews now included
Composer Resource Index the start of a project to coordinate the site's material such as articles, surveys, discographies & Societies for individual composers (via the Composers tab in the page header)
Crosse Resurgent by John Turner
Masterwork Index: Symphonies of Carl Nielsen - all reviews on Musicweb prepared by Paul Serotsky
Armstrong Gibbs - discography and review index

August 2009
August Download Roundup
Ian Venables: At Malvern A Pastoral or a Confessional Poem? by John France
July 2009
Granville Bantock discography (updated) and review index
MusicWeb resources page - providing a link page for our books, major articles, collections, lists etc, and accessible from the tab at the top of the top of the page
Recently in the blogs by David Barker (includes Opera North's behind-the-scenes blog)
Gordon Jacob's Clogher Head Overture by John France
Sir Edward Downes - A memory by Christopher Fifield
An interview with José Serebrier  Recording Glazunov and Serebrier by Gavin Dixon 
Link page for Michael Herman's National Discographies
Masterwork Index - All reviews of Handels' Water & Fireworks Music
July Download Roundup - Brian Wilson
June 2009
June-July Weblog by Patrick Waller
Recordings of Beethoven Piano Cycles
by Jens Laurson (update June 29 - one more update to go)
Finnish and Baltic Symphonies by Michael Herman
Eleven 11s - a survey of recordings of Shostakovich's 11th Symphony by David Barker
Sir Arthur Bliss's Hymn to Apollo - background information compiled by John Dressler
An Alwyn Chronology - John Dressler
Recently in the blogs by David Barker
Scandinavian Symphonies - a discography of LPs and Cds by Michael Herman.
Wilfred Josephs and his Requiem-Bernard Jacobson looks into the career of a composer who has still to receive due recognition
June Download Roundup by Brian Wilson
Recordings of Beethoven Piano Cycles by Jens Laurson (updated 8-9-09)
Mark Morris’s Guide to Twentieth Century Composers  
  May 2009
Practice Makes Perfect by Arthur Butterworth
Reviewer's Log April-May 2009 by Patrick Waller
May 2009 Download Roundup by Brian Wilson
Bruckner Symphonies: An introduction and review of selected recordings (Updated version) by Patrick Waller and John Quinn
April2009
Searching for reviews on MWI - Some hints by Paul Serotsky
i2i Go Wireless Gadget Review by Chris Thomas
April Download Roundup by Brian Wilson
Rehearsing and Recording - Arthur Butterworth

March2009
Stravinsky ballet review index compiled by Paul Serotsky
Follow-up Interview with Karen Geoghegan: March 2009 by Carla Rees
Managing “the best orchestra in the world” : Jan Raes, Director General of Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in conversation with Bas van Westerop
Recently in the Blogs by David Barker
March 2009 Download Roundup by Brian Wilson
February 2009
Interview with Richard Wigmore by Margarida Mota-Bull
Sylvie Bodorová – a compact biography
Clarence Barlow - An interview by Dominy Clements
Benelux-Swiss symphonies on CD & LP by Michael Herman
French Symphonies on CD & LP compiled by Michael Herman
February 2009 - Download Roundup - Brian Wilson
Paul Carr’s Air for String Orchestra by John France
The Life and Works of Geoffrey Winters by Martin Entwistle
Peter Hope: Bramall Hall Sketches by John France
ERIK CHISHOLM AND SERGE PROKOFIEV by Fiona McKnight
January 2009
Film Music on the Web Reviewers Choices for 2009
LORD BERNERS - CRITICAL RESPONSES By Peter Dickinson: Setting the scene
FRANCIS CHAGRIN (1905-1972) by Philip Scowcroft
Review indexes for Rued Langgaard and Boris Tchaikovsky
A STRESSFUL COLLABORATION : GERARD SCHURMANN describes his involvement with the music score for ‘Lawrence of Arabia”
Art Tribute to Alun Hoddinott
Some downloads from Naxos Classical Archive and a circumbendibus
Death of Maltese composer Charles Camilleri
(3/1/09)
Themed Releases: BIS Sibelius recordings

Themed Releases: Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings
now complete
Masterwork Index: Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique - 30 reviews of 25 recordings
Masterwork Review Index: Richard Strauss Tone Poems compiled by Paul Serotsky
Chandos Records 30th Anniversary by Rob Barnett
An interview with Brian and Ralph Couzens (Chandos) by Rob Barnett
Chandos Records - Press Release
Chandos Records - A Short History

Reviewer’s log: December 2008/January 2009 Patrick C Waller
The Rest is Noise...Listening to the Twentieth Century, by Alex Ross.
Sibelius by Andrew Barnett.
January 2009 - Download Roundup Brian Wilson
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1908-1988) by PAUL CONWAY
Interview with Stewart Collins, Chair of the British Arts Festivals Assocation by Carla Rees
Recently in the Blogs by David Barker
 
December 2008

Bruckner's Eighth Symphony - A personal reflection by Patrick Waller (updated)
Musicweb's Recordings of the Year
Christmas Discs
Download Roundup - Brian Wilson
Christmas Downloads - Brian Wilson
Placido Domingo protégée, American soprano Elizabeth Andrews Roberts in interview with Marlene Hall
Richard Hickox dies at the age of 60 - Chandos Press release
MusicWeb reviewer Em Marshall has accepted chairmanship of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society - see News Release
November 2008

New works by Gareth Glyn an update by John France
Ivor Gurney and Marion Scott by Pamela Blevins
Richard Stoker - 70th Birthday Celebrations - 8 November 2008
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: September-November 2008: Patrick C Waller
DOWNLOAD ROUNDUP, November 2008 Brian Wilson
"The Formula of Love": Göran Forsling meets the Estonian composer Mari Vihmand after the premiere of her first full-length opera
October 2008

The Youth Orchestra in Reverse
by Arthur Butterworth
Ian Venables: A Kiss
Op.15 - a setting of a poem by Thomas Hardy
by John France
Howard Blake at 70 - interview with Bob Briggs
WHOM THE GODS LOVE - Richard Farrell by Peter Mechen
DOWNLOAD ROUNDUP October 2008 Brian Wilson
The Music of Kalevi Aho By Dan Morgan (with multiple sound samples)

September 2008
Richard Beattie Davis - an obituary by Gillian Wimbourne
Vernon 'Tod' Handley 1930-2008 - an obituary by Garry Humphreys
See also Richard Adams interviews Vernon Handley

Links to all Vernon Handley reviews on MusicWeb
KING ARTHUR - Arthur Butterworth at 85 by Lynne Walker
Stanford and the Piano by Christopher Howell
Harmonia Mundi Gold Series: First Issue - an overview by Rob Barnett

August 2008

Recently in the blogs by David Barker
Give Early Music a Try: John Browne and the Eton Choirbook by Brian Wilson
Symphonies of Malcolm Arnold - Review Index by Paul Serotsky
The Brass Band in Britain - Arthur Butterworth - July 2008
Horace Dann (1896-1958) by Philip Scowcroft
Graham Peel: Ettrick –a song for baritone by John France
A little more on Graham Peel by Christopher Howell
Nikolai Miaskovsky - A review index by Rob Barnett
DIGITAL BACH EDITION FOR IPOD by Kirk McElhearn
Reviewer’s Log July/August 2008 - Patrick C Waller
 
July 2008

Downloads of Bach’s Orchestral Music: A Survey Brian Wilson
Donald Harris Composer, Teacher & Musicologist -John France
Growing Up American in Paris by Donald Harris
Nadia Boulanger - Pierre Boulez - Max Deutsch - Andre Jolivet - Henri Dutilleux - Darius Milhaud - Francis Poulenc - Georges Auric
Recently in the blogs by David Barker
Michael Herman: British Orchestral Music 1800-1900 - discography
See also: British and Commonwealth symphonies - discography
British and Commonwealth Concertos - discography
June 2008

Richard Noble (1930-2008) - An obituary by Arthur Butterworth
Flying-Crooked: Four Songs by Ian Venables by John France
Recently in the blogs by David Barker
Nadia Boulanger as Teacher by Lennox Berkeley
CARLA GAVAZZI (1913-2008)
Reviewer’s Log: May/June 2008: Patrick C Waller
Karen Geoghegan interviewed by Carla Rees
Now Complete with over 700 images: The Collector’s Guide to Gramophone Company Record Labels 1898 - 1925 by Howard Friedman
May 2008

Reviewer’s Log: May/June 2008: Patrick C Waller
Recently in the blogs by David Barker
Everyman and His Music Percy Scholes (1877-1958)
Karen Geoghegan interviewed by Carla Rees
Christian Lindberg in conversation with Chris Thomas
Iris Loveridge - British Pianist by Rob Barnett
Reviewer’s Log: April 2008: Robert Hugill

Bruckner's 9th Symphony - The unfinished Finale by Aart van der Wal
Richard Stoker and Nadia Boulanger by John France
Youth - the Golden Age of Music by Arthur Butterworth
April 2008

Richard Stoker and Nadia Boulanger by John France
Youth - the Golden Age of Music by Arthur Butterworth
Recently in the blogs
by David Barker
April Fools - did you miss them?
A fond farewell to Dunelm Records (as we know it) by Patrick C Waller
Reviewer’s Log: March/April 2008: Patrick C Waller

The orchestral conductor - a useless drone? by Arthur Butterworth
Das Land Ohne Musik An extensive addition by Martin Walker
March 2008
ALUN HODDINOTT (11 August 1929 - 12 March 2008)
Giya KANCHELI (b. 1935) profile by Julie Williams
Severn Bridge Variations (1966): a joint effort by John France
An interview with the German baritone Michael Volle by Jim Pritchard
In Preparation: The Collector’s Guide to Gramophone Company Record Labels 1898 - 1925 by Howard Friedman This will take a long time to complete so you can follow the work as it progresses here
February 2008
Gareth Glyn: Anglesey Composer – A first exploration of some of his music by John France
MAKING IT BETTER: BRITISH WIND MUSIC 1981-2008 A personal look at twenty-seven years of repertoire development by TIMOTHY REYNISH
An interview with the Danish bass Stephen Milling by Jim Pritchard
Composers’ originals amended by conductors by Arthur Butterworth
MusicWeb Reviewer’s log: January/February 2008 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Recently in the Blogs by David J Barker
January 2008

Composers’ originals amended by conductors by Arthur Butterworth
MusicWeb Reviewer’s log: January/February 2008 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Recently in the Blogs by David J Barker
Unveiling of Holst statue April 4th - Press release from Cheltenham Civic Society
New Projects for the New Year by David J Barker
The Clarinet Trio of John Ireland by Stephen Fox
Jottings on Eric Fogg’s Sea Sheen by John France
GYORGY LIGETI (1923-2006) by Julie Williams
JUDITH WEIR by Julie Williams
Youthful Prodigy or Late Developer? By Arthur Butterworth
Robert Hugill's Reviewer's Log
Complete Book on-line: Erik Chisholm: The Operas of Janáček First published 1971; Now available only in this online version produced for the Erik Chisholm Trust by MusicWeb International
DECEMBER 2007

Sir Edward ELGAR (1857–1934) The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 Some personal observations on recordings of the work by John Quinn
Deutsche Grammophon Launches Download Site by Kevin Sutton
Reviewer’s log: December 2007; Reviewer: Patrick C Waller

NOVEMBER 2007  

A Tribute To Nina Milkina
by Christopher Howell
on the first anniversary of her death

Christmas Music Beyond The Carols by David Barker
Arthur BUTTERWORTH in conversation with Christopher Thomas
British and Commonwealth Concertos from the Nineteenth Century to the present - A discography of CDs and LPs by Michael Herman.
Henryk GORECKI: profile by Julie Williams
Reviewer's log: Patrick Waller
Online Music pages compiled by David Barker: a guide to sites offering digital music for downloading and streaming, some of it FREE!
Olivier MESSIAEN (1908–1992) a profile by Julie Williams
Sofia GUBAIDULINA (b. 1931) a profile by Julie Williams
The Real Horn - a new enlightenment? by Arthur Butterworth
 
OCTOBER 2007

Olivier MESSIAEN
(1908–1992)
a profile by Julie Williams
Sofia GUBAIDULINA (b. 1931) a profile by Julie Williams
The Real Horn - a new enlightenment? by Arthur Butterworth
Naxos Historical Great Violinists themed review page completed
Elizabeth Maconchy DBE (1907-1994): Some biographical and musical notes by her daughter Nicola LeFanu.
A postcript on the Joyce Hatto affair - Ates Orga
Trevor Hold (1939-2004) - A catalogue of compositions by Lewis Foreman
Antal Dorati – Recording Legend by Tony Flynn
Jacqueline du Pré – twenty years on Anne Ozorio talks to Christopher Nupen
Notes on Iain Hamilton’s ‘The Bermudas A Forgotten Half Century John France
Three emigrés: Gál, Gerhard and Goldschmidt 2007 update added by Guy Rickards
Reviewer's Log: Patrick Waller

SEPTEMBER 2007
Reviewer's Log: Patrick Waller
Chandos Film Music - a new Themed Review page compiled by David Barker
Interview on the Chandos Film Music Series with conductor Rumon Gamba by Ian Lace
The Music of MAURICE JACOBSON by Michael and Julian Jacobson
In Touch with Music: an interview with Bjarte Engeset by Göran Forsling
Luciano Pavarotti in Memoriam: a tribute by Göran Forsling
Luciano Pavarotti : a brief appreciation by Evan Dickerson
Malcolm Arnold Discography updated
British & Commonwealth Symphonies (from the 19th century to the present) - A Discography of CDs & LPs © 2007 Michael Herman [corrected and updated 9-9-07]
AUGUST 2007
British and Commonwealth Symphonies (from the 19th century to the present) - A Discography of CDs & LPs © 2007 Michael Herman
Yma Sumac The Allure of the Mysterious by Nicholas E. Limansky
Dominy Clements Interview with the Basso Moderno Duo
The importance of not to always being yourself: Tenor James Gilchrist talks to Anne Ozorio (AO)
Queen of the Nurses and Mothers: an interview with Catherine Wyn-Rogers (JPr)
There is no ‘passaggio’: Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo talks to Bill Kenny about musical training, singing and his personal philosophy (BK)
 
JULY 2007

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works. Fourth and Final part by Robert Farr
Copyright and the Liberation of Music by Dr Stephen Hall
Kenneth Hesketh Interview with Christopher Thomas - 2007
Some random jottings about William Alwyn's Elizabethan Dances by John France
MusicWeb Reviewer's Log - Robert Hugill
IN SEARCH OF MIKLÓS RÓZSA by Anastasia Khitruk
JUNE 2007
Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass by John L Wright
MIASKOVSKY RIDES AGAIN …. COURTESY OF THE ALTO LABEL
Sir Patrick Spens
- a Rediscovered Work by Herbert Howells
by John France
Burkhard Schmilgun: Talking to a musical treasure-hunter by Ilja Nieuwland
Classical Podcasts by David J Barker
MusicWeb Reviewer's Log May 2007: Patrick C Waller
Vaughan Williams review index pages - now up to date; next stop Malcolm Arnold
World Orchestra pages now with USA section completed

May 2007

Elgar Symphony 2 by Arthur Butterworth
Mahler Symphony No 6 - an update of Tony Duggan's survey of recordings
Some Random Jottings about Montague Phillips’ "Dance Revels." by John France

 
April 2007

MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: April 2007 - Robert Hugill
Unusual instruments in the orchestra by Arthur Butterworth
Interview with Christian DesJardins - author of Inside Film Music – Composers Speak by Ian Lace

Themed Review page: Beniamino Gigli - the first from the Naxos Historical label
Elgar and Empire by Ian Lace (originally published in The Elgar Society Journal in 1997)
Living with Extreme Instruments #008, the Subcontrabass Flute - Dominy Clements
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: April 2007 - Patrick C Waller 

 


March 2007


Memories of a Quiet Magician - Nathan Milstein in Portrait by Anne Ozorio
THE ROGER WRIGHT INTERVIEW Interviewer: Ian Lace. Roger Wright is Controller BBC Radio 3
"An echo inside a shadow wrapped in cellophane" An appreciation of Ferneyhough’s Shadowtime - Anne Ozorio
Appreciating Sibelius’s Luonnotar Op. 70 by Anne Ozorio
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: March 2007 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Promenade Concert Novelties 1907 by John France
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: February 2007 Reviewer: Robert Hugill
February 2007

Link to a list of "Joyce Hatto" recordings reviewed on MusicWeb International
Joyce Hatto – Some thoughts, some questions and a lot of letters by Christopher Howell
Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande A Recording Overview by Jeffrey Sarver
The Hatto Affair: why it should concern us all by Evan Dickerson
Hatto - the greatest pianist(s) that now everyone has heard of! by Len Mullenger
Saga Remembered by Robin O'Connor
Getting beyond his station in life? by Arthur Butterworth
A Conductor with panache: José Serebrier speaks to Anne Ozorio (AO)
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: February 2007 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Index to Vaughan Williams reviews on MusicWeb
Orchestra pages update - Europe page now available and other pages substantially expanded
Result of the MusicWeb Christmas Challenge
Irvine Arditti interviewed by Anne Ozorio
Marion Scott and the Society of Women Musicians by Pamela Blevins

 
 
 
 

January 2007


Index to Vaughan-Williams reviews on MusicWeb
Orchestra pages update - Europe page now available and other pages substantially expanded
Irvine Arditti interviewed by Anne Ozorio
Marion Scott and the Society of Women Musicians by Pamela Blevins
Julius Harrison & Bredon Hill by John France
Towers of Babel? - Arthur Butterworth writes
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: January 2007 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: January 2007 Reviewer: Robert Hugill
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works by Robert Farr. PART 3: Verdi’s middle period: The eight operas from Stiffelio (1850) to Un ballo in Maschera (1859)
Great Recordings of the Century - review link pages revised and updated

December 2006

Two new complete books on-line
Cannons and Flowers - the memoirs of Georges Cziffra
The Music goes Round and Around by Basil Tschaikov

Giuseppe VERDI
(1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works by Robert Farr. P
ART 3: Verdi’s middle period: The eight operas from Stiffelio (1850) to Un ballo in Maschera (1859)

SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD (1921–2006) - First Hon. Vice-President of the UK Sibelius Society - Edward Clarke
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: December 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
A New Kind of Record Collection by Kevin Sutton
Zoran Todorovich talks to Göran Forsling at the Staatsoper unter den Linden
The Flight of Jackie O - Creativity in Baroque Roles and Ornamentation : An interview with Vivica Genaux by Michael Ellison
There is no ‘passaggio’: Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo talks to Bill Kenny about musical training, singing and his personal philosophy
World Orchestras links pages - the start of a Musicweb project by David Barker

November 2006

Klaus Heymann auf Naxos by Randolph Magri-Overend
How music works - an introduction to his new TV series by Howard Goodall
Amelia Farrugia – Driving Talent by Randolph Magri-Overend
Rohan de Saram on Berio and new musical horizons by Anne Ozorio
World Orchestras links pages - the start of a Musicweb project by David Barker
Mad about England’s music: English Music Festival - Em Marshall
Simone Young: Twirling a Baton by Randolph Magri-Overend
Musical Post-Codes - Regional Sounds by Arthur Butterworth
Reviewer’s Log: October-November 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Brain Cramp: Last Thoughts (probably) On The Strange Audio World Of Peter W. Belt (BK)
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works - Part 2 by Robert Farr
A Beginners’ Guide to the Galaxy of Singers from the Past By Göran Forsling and Jonathan Woolf
October 2006

Brain Cramp: Last Thoughts (probably) On The Strange Audio World Of Peter W. Belt (BK)
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works - Part 2 by Robert Farr
Interview: There is no ‘passaggio’: Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo talks to Bill Kenny
Britten Discography now complete - after six months work by David Barker and more than 1,000 new listings, the updated discography of the works of Benjamin Britten is now complete. It will also be updated on a regular basis with new releases
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: July-September 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller



Malcolm Arnold - an Obituary by Rob Barnett
Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) A Greater Composer than Some Might Think
[DVD - Toward the Unknown Region Malcolm ARNOLD – A Story of Survival - A Film by Tony PALMER]
 


September 2006

Orchestral colour in the 21st century - fashion in new sounds by Arthur Butterworth
Interview: There is no ‘passaggio’: Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo talks to Bill Kenny
Britten Discography now complete - after six months work by David Barker and more than 1,000 new listings, the updated discography of the works of Benjamin Britten is now complete. It will also be updated on a regular basis with new releases.
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: July-September 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
A Beginners’ Guide to the Galaxy of Singers from the Past
By Göran Forsling and Jonathan Woolf
The BBC Proms 2006 by Chris Cope
Fallen by the Wayside? - Neglected Instruments by Arthur Butterworth

 

 

 
August 2006
An obituary of Michael Hurd by Geoffrey Peck
An interview with Christopher Nupen by Anne Ozorio
The nature of music as a meaningful language …… Arthur Butterworth
Tributes to the late Elisabeth Schwarzkopf by Göran Forsling and Anne Ozorio
Further tribute by Evan Dickerson
HOLST – An Enigmatic Variation by John France
Mahler Symphony 5 by Tony Duggan - update
The Solo Violin Music of Ivan Khandoshkin by Anastasia Khitruk

JULY 2006

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) A conspectus of his life and a review of the audio and video recordings of his works - Robert Farr
An Appreciation of the Hyperion Complete Schubert Song Edition By John Quinn and Patrick Waller
Joyce Hatto (1928 -2006) Obituary
A composer’s own most memorable performances - Arthur Butterworth

June 2006
Benjamin Britten Discography - update. Parts one and two of this update have now been completed by David Barker
Two new themed release review pages - Schubert Lieder on Naxos and Bach Collegium Japan on BIS
Never-to-be forgotten concerts Arthur Butterworth
Frank Bridge – Phantasie in F minor Centenary and Confusion - John France
György Ligeti (1923-2006) - An Obituary Evan Dickerson
For Classical Music - To iPOD or not to iPod? Ian Lace
A SINGER AND HIS SONGS: HUBERT EISDELL by Charles A. Hooey
A SINGER’S LIFE : Petra Lang talks to Jim Pritchard
THOUGHTS ON ELGAR'S 149th BIRTHDAY - Arthur Butterworth
Needs no handle to its name!- Arthur Butterworth
BENJAMIN FRANKEL: BMS Lecture-Recital given by Dimiti Kennaway
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: June 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller </DD>
May 2006

The Global Concert Hall - Marc Bridle
EDITORIAL: A Death Foretold - Marc Bridle
Marc Bridle - An Appreciation - Len Mullenger, Melanie Eskenazi and Bill Kenny
Reviewer's Log - Robert Hugill - February 2006
AM I CAPABLE OF PLAYING THIS MUSIC? by Arthur Butterworth
ARTHUR BUTTERWORTH’s Desert Island Discs
Mahler Symphony 4: an update of Tony Duggan's survey of available recordings
Reith Lectures - April 2006 - Barenboim
A universal language or a divisive art ? by Arthur Butterworth
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: May 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
April 2006
A World without orchestras – computers rampant?
Insidious Decline - Arthur Butterworth fights a rear-guard action
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: April 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Tony Duggan's Synoptic Survey of the Mahler symphonies:
Mahler symphony No. 3 - revised and updated

Plenty of the plain by A
rthur Butterworth
A Glass of Wine with the Flautist Rachel Smith - John France
AGEING AUDIENCES FOR CONCERT MUSIC by Arthur Butterworth
On Seen and Heard
Michelangelo Drawings: Closer to the Master reviewed by Alex Russell
March 2006
Plenty of the plain by Arthur Butterworth
A Glass of Wine with the Flautist Rachel Smith - John France
AGEING AUDIENCES FOR CONCERT MUSIC by Arthur Butterworth
Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757) This set is a pinnacle in the history of recorded music The Complete Keyboard Sonatas
Scott Ross (harpsichord)[PCW] Ongoing Review Review now complete
Richard Stoker, Janet Craxton & ‘Polemics’
by John France
ROBERT HUGILL - WEBLOG - December 2005 - January 2006
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: March 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Mahler Symphony No.2 - Tony Duggan Survey - revised March 06
Ronald Finch (1920-1992): A biographical outline by Averil Davies
February 2006
Ronald Finch (1920-1992): A biographical outline by Averil Davies
The Mahler Symphonies An update to the synoptic survey by Tony Duggan Symphony No 1
An Inexplicable Inspiration? by Arthur Butterworth
Martinů in Paris: A Synthesis of Musical Styles and Symbols By Erik Anthony Entwistle (200 pages)
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: February 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller  
January 2006
JOYCE HATTO by Ates Orga (illustrated)
Birgit Nilsson: (1918-2005)
MALCOLM ARNOLD IN CORNWALL by Phillip Hunt
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: January 2006 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
MICHAEL NYMAN talks to John Leeman about his opera Man and Boy: Dada
WEBLOG- Robert Hugill
Adrian Smith: 1931-2005
December 2005
MICHAEL NYMAN talks to John Leeman about his opera Man and Boy: Dada
Adrian Smith: 1931-2005
Contributions from John Quinn Paul Serotsky Sir Malcolm Arnold CBE Arthur Butterworth MBE Matthew Curtis Keith Llewellyn Elaine Carter Stuart Marsden Marilyn and Dick Myers David Golightly Maggie Cotton
MAURICE JACOBSON (1896-1976) by Michael and Julian Jacobson
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: December 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
WEBLOG- Robert Hugill
November 2005
CONCERT-PERFORMANCES ... THIRSTY WORK? by Arthur Butterworth
LAUNCH OF RVW’S CANTATA WILLOW WOOD ON NAXOS attended by John France
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: November 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
October 2005
CYRIL SCOTT: A man whose time has come again? by Desmond Scott
RICHARD ARNELL AT 88 - Susan Roberts
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: October 2005 Patrick C Waller
Robert Hugill Weblog - Aug/sept 05
September 2005
Reviewer’s Log: a Summer Retrospect John Quinn
Inspiration - "In The Air"? Arthur Butterworth
A Thumbnail Sketch of the Music of William Blezard Part 2 (The Piano Works) John France
Philip Cowlin (1920-2005)
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log:
September 2005
Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
MUSICWEBLOG July-August 2005 Reviewer: Robert Hugill
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2005 BRUCKNER SYMPHONIES: AN INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF SELECTED RECORDINGS by Patrick Waller and John Quinn
Hunting the Snark:
More On The Strange Audio World Of Peter W. Belt
August 2005
Graham Fitkin - biography
A Thumbnail Sketch of the Music of William Blezard
Part 1 John France
A Greville Cooke Catalogue A Preliminary Overview John France
First Hyperion and now Chandos
MusicWeb Listening Room upgrade
Read This Facing North: The Strange Audio World Of Peter W. Belt
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: August 2005 Patrick Waller
July 2005
Towards the Edinburgh Isolde: an in-depth interview with US soprano Christine Brewer by David Harbin © July 2005 Sandra Radvanovsky (soprano) interviewed by Bruce Hodges
Latest Programme Notes by Paul Serotsky
Jaroslav Krombholc - An Anniversary Remembrance by Alan Watkins
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: June/July 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller

by Frank T. Manheim: The Pace of Classical Music Reform Increases in the UK and the USA

 

MENDELSSOHN The Complete Quartets - a comparative review by Michael Cookson: Pacifica Quartet, Emerson Quartet, Henschel Quartet, Talich Quartet, Aurora String Quartet, Bartholdy Quartet
George Enescu: a fiftieth anniversary commemoration through recordings
Part II: Enescu the performer: violinist, conductor and pianist

'How do we compare honest chalk with good ripe Stilton exactly?' - BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World

June 2005
DOES COMMISSIONED MUSIC STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF A LONG CONCERT LIFE THAN MUSIC WRITTEN WITHOUT A COMMISSION? ... ... Arthur Butterworth
SYMPHONY IN D, OPUS 32 BY DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY
: A Record Producer’s Diary By Peter Shore
A REVIEWER’S LOG – June 2005 - John Quinn

Rutland Boughton: Reunion Variations for Orchestra - Paul Adrian Rooke
JOHN WOOLDRIDGE by Hugh Wooldridge
Respighi’s Marie Victoire edited by Ian Lace
HELENA KEAN and the Songs of RESPIGHI by Ian Lace
Carole Farley – singer and champion of repertoire. Interviewed by Anne Ozorio
View from the audience by Frank T. Manheim: THE RELEVANCE OF FUTURISM IN CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY: WHY CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS STILL HAVE TROUBLE EXCITING AUDIENCES
May 2005
George ENESCU: a fiftieth anniversary commemoration through recordings
Part I: Enescu the composer - Evan Dickerson

MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: May 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
KENNETH V. JONES by Helen Davis
Murray McLachlan reflects on the fruits of a private pilgrimage in the life and music of JOHN WILLIAMSON
CLASSICAL MUSIC - TOO ÉLITIST ? Arthur Butterworth
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log
: March 2005
Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Marc Bridle reports on the forthcoming Proms Festival
Vernon Handley records BAX tone poems and Sinfonietta Lewis Foreman
Tantrums or Principles? Assessing the Muti Affair by Bernard Jacobson
"The tyrant at La Scala" - Lebrecht; "The monster of Milan." - Mellor; Is it really so? Read Bernard's article from MusicWeb's Seen and Heard.
Bernard Barrell 1919-2005 List of Works
April 2005
Vernon Handley records BAX tone poems and Sinfonietta Lewis Foreman
MusicWeb Reviewer's Log: April 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Tantrums or Principles? Assessing the Muti Affair by Bernard Jacobson
"The tyrant at La Scala" - Lebrecht; "The monster of Milan." - Mellor; Is it really so? Read Bernard's article from MusicWeb's Seen and Heard.
Bernard Barrell 1919-2005 List of Works
March 2005
Groundbreaking production of Harry Partch's Oedipus takes place at Monclair State University
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: March 2005
Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
Cyril Scott as Composer-Pianist and Author, with some Recent Perspectives by Leslie De'Ath (Word file)
February 2005
A COMPOSER'S PROGRESS - OR RECESSION? by Arthur Butterworth
Music from the Silver Age – NIKOLAY and ALEXANDER CHEREPNIN by Gregor Tassie
'Reminiscences' by Bill Harris
First Part: " A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fool"
Second Part: "Some thoughts on Opera"
FELIX APRAHAMIAN (1914
- 2005): A personal memoir - John Leeman
Ivor Gurney’s Friends
: Ethel Voynich — ‘E. L. V.’ Revolutionary, Novelist, Translator, Composer by Pamela Blevins
Ruth Gipps and Sir Arthur Bliss by Pamela Blevins
Gregor Tassie interviews Mariss Jansons - 4 September 2001
"Mr. Delius Discourses on His Music to 'Hassan'" A report from Marion Scott Christian Science Monitor Saturday, October 27, 1923
ROY DOUGLAS by John Walton
BRUCKNER SYMPHONIES: AN INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF SELECTED RECORDINGS by Patrick Waller and John Quinn
January 2005
'Crisis' in Contemporary Music? What Crisis? THE HEART OF THE MATTER by David F Golightly
Respighi’s Sunken Bell - (La Campana sommersa) by Ian Lace
On the Humanity of Music and Musicians: the new unacknowledged legislators by Marc Bridle
MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: January 2005 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
December 2004
MUSICWEB RECORDINGS OF THE YEAR 2004
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SEEN&HEARD CONCERT OF THE YEAR 2004 MusicWeb Reviewer’s Log: October-December 2004 Reviewer: Patrick C Waller
November 2004
HISTORY OF MUSIC 3. Approaching the Baroque era
HISTORY OF MUSIC
4. Early American Music (1620-1800)
HISTORY OF MUSIC AMERICAN MUSIC OF THE NINETEEN CENTURY Dr David C F Wright
ALGERNON ASHTON
- THE CASE FOR REVIVAL
by Harold Truscott

BRUCKNER’S EIGHTH SYMPHONY Personal reflections on a favourite work and some key recordings by Patrick C Waller
SHOULD COMPOSERS TELL ? by Arthur Butterworth
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS by Em Marshall
Sally Beamish Interviewed by Christopher Thomas 2004
October 2004
REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION - a matter of black and white?- by Arthur Butterworth
T
he Trio in G Minor for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano by WILLIAM YEATES HURLSTONE A Critical Reassessment by Richard J Moore
GERARD FRANCIS COBB (1838-1904) by David Mackie
September 2004
Why "classical" classical music will never die: the artistry and psychology of courtly music from Mozart and Haydn’s time Frank Manheim
Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)
August 2004
THE MUSIC OF ALGERNON ASHTON (1859-1937) By Rutland Boughton
Interview with Ashley Wass by Colin Clarke

Knight Foundation Administers Tough Love to American Symphony Orchestras to Encourage Building of New Audiences by Frank Manheim
ERIC GRAEBNER A brief introduction
by Dr David C F Wright
JEFFREY LEWIS A brief introduction
by Dr David C F Wright
July 2004
CARLOS KLEIBER (1930-2004)
"Has the time come to set Mozart aside and let a new generation discover him?" Hans-Theo Wohlfahrt on Glyndebourne's new Magic Flute.
WHAT IS CLASSICAL MUSIC? WHO LISTENS TO IT? Vignettes from the American scene Frank T. Manheim
PERCY YOUNG - 1912-2004
Obituary by Philip Scowcroft
HISTORY OF MUSIC Part 2
Music of the Renaissance and Reformation Periods Dr David C F Wright
Georges Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893)
Faust - an opera in five acts - Faust on record; a look back and into the future
June 2004
A NEW LOOK for Seen and Heard
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
by
Dr David C. F. Wright
THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THAT ANY MORE - - - Arthur Butterworth
Adriano at 60 - interviewed by Ian Lace
Obituary for DENIS APIVOR born April 14 1916; died May 27 2004. Mark Marrington
May 2004
CONSTANT LAMBERT: Humphrey Searle talks to David Wright (1965)
MALCOLM ARNOLD David C F Wright
April 2004
Tony Banks in interview with Christopher Thomas, March 2004
Seven: A Suite for Orchestra

THE CRITICS’ PRIME CONCERN ---- Arthur Butterworth
RICHARD STOKER site update
March 2004
THE PIANO MUSIC OF BERNARD VAN DIEREN: A DICHOTOMY EXAMINED - BY GORDON RUMSON
THE HISTORY OF MUSIC 1
. Earliest times to the Renaissance
Dr David C F Wright
John Warnaby in conversation
with Brian Ferneyhough about Shadowtime, an opera in 7 scenes

Elliott Carter at 95 by John Warnaby.
Christoph Eschenbach in interview with Bernard Jacobson
Pitch Variation in the Callas Tosca - a lively debate
JOHN FOULDS by Malcolm Macdonald
- preconcert talk
ROBERT SIMPSON LECTURE by Malcolm MacDonald
Febuary 2004
GORDON JACOB (1895 – 1984) By Dr Geoff Ogram
Osmo Vänskä
talks to Bill Kenny

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU A brief account of his life and works … and personal comments David C F Wright
Hans Rott by David Wright
Amélie-Julie Candeille
January 2004
BERNARD BARRELL (1919 - )List of works
REAL MUSIC …. OR JUST FOR SHOW? ... Arthur Butterworth
Harry Partch 'A Just Cause' by Paul Serotsky
December 2003
MusicWeb can now supply discs from the Gasparo label
November 2003
Hugo Wolf by David Wright
An Introduction to the Symphony by David Wright
What makes a Great Conductor? David Wright

A Conversation with the composer/writer Richard Stoker about Cecil Armstrong Gibbs by
John France

WILLIAM BUSCH: 1901-1945 by Julia Cornaby Busch
WILLIAM BUSCH by Sinclair Logan
Roremania: Bernard Jacobson attends a birthday celebration
ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS: DISASTERS IN WAITING
November 2003

WALTER BECKETT
Dr David C F Wright
AGNES BALTSA Dr David C F Wright
Gilbert Kaplan talks to Marc Bridle about Mahler’s Second Symphony.
Recent Contemporary Music on CD: Feldman, Finnissy, Pritchard, Usher. Maxwell Davies, Staebler and Zimmermann reviewed by John Warnaby
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE AND WALES by MICHAEL FREEMAN
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE INCOGNITO by MICHAEL FREEMAN
MusicWeb can now offer you the Concert Artist catalogue £12.99 Post-free World-wide
the CDACCORD Catalogue from £9 Post-free World-wide
the Arcodiva Catalogue£9 Post-free World-wide
October 2003
MARY HOWE by David Wright
MELINDA WAGNER by David Wright

GUSTAV HOLST : A Personal Assessment by David Wright
ETHEL SMYTH Dr David C F Wright
A DECEIVING MIRROR by Arthur Butterworth

IAIN HAMILTON
(1922-2000) Dr David C F Wright
September 2003
Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician by Jeremy Dibble (Oxford 2002, 535 pp) £65
Charles Villiers Stanford by Paul Rodmell (Ashgate 2002, 495 pp) £57.50 [CH]
ERRORS AND DISCREPANCIES IN TWO RECENT BOOKS ON STANFORD
STANFORD, EDMOND HOLMES AND "THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE"
STANFORD AND MUSICAL QUOTATION

BORIS BLACHER
A Centenary Sketch
by Dr David C F Wright
Morag Chisholm on the first UK performance of The Trojans by Berlioz (scroll to footnote on review)
JOHN RUSSELL F.R.C.M. (1916-1990) A personal memoir of a friend and teacher, with reference to his friendship with Gerald Finzi by ADRIAN WILLIAMS
An Age of Anxiety by Arthur Butterworth

Bernard Herrmann - Anglophile
- Editings by Ian Lace from Steven C. Smith's biography A Heart At Fire's Center - The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann
MUSIC INSPIRED BY SHERLOCK HOLMES
by PHILIP L. SCOWCROFT
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: 1931-2003 by Antony Gray
August 2003
Robert von Bahr Interview with Dave Billinge
July 2003
Following Bax to Glencolumcille by Ian Lace
British Music Society CDs can now be bought on-line from MusicWeb. You do not need to be a member of the BMS
June 2003
The Siena Piano – that was a World War II booby trap, a beehive, an incubator and a butcher’s refrigerator by Ian Lace
All this and Heaven Too A Mendelssohn’s Link to Murder, Suicide and the Downfall of a French King by Ian Lace
May 2003
Ricardo Q. BLAMEY LAFONEby Mary Bassi
FELIX SWINSTEAD AT HOME by Barbara Wilkins (née Swinstead)
ALAN RAWSTHORNE
as I knew him Dr David C F Wright
ANGLO-SAXON OPERA? ....... Arthur Butterworth
Reports from Lewis Foreman
    IVOR GURNEY WAR ELEGY REVIVED AT CHELTENHAM
    RECORDING HYPERION’S BANTOCK VOLUME 6
    ELGAR WASN’T OSCAR PETERSON
    MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: obituary
    TED PERRY: obituary
April 2003
Horenstein Discography updated
Adrian Williams Biography and Interview by Chris Thomas
March 2003
Doreen Carwithen (1922-2003)
SERGE PROKOFIEV by Paul Shoemaker
February 2003
HANS GAL - Composer, pianist, conductor and musicologist of international renown. 1890-1987 A Personal Tribute and Memoir
ANTHONY MILNER 1925-2002
JOYCE HATTO - A Pianist of Extraordinary Personality and Promise: Comment and Interview by Burnett James
STYLE IN ORCHESTRATION- Arthur Butterworth
January 2003
Lennox Berkeley: John France interviews Richard Stoker

December 2002
Where we are at .... the First Five Years of Music on the Web (UK)
The Piano Music of William Alwyn by John France
Anton Webern by David Wright
November 2002
Gordon Dale 1935-2001 by Paul Conway
BEETHOVEN by Marion Scott
- complete book
What is a Mezzo Soprano?Chris Howell part (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7),(8),(9)]
Elgar's Baritone by Charles Hooey
Jane Stirling by David Wright
Frederick Chopin by David Wright
October 2002
Programme Notes by Paul Serotsky
Nicolai Miaskovsky - A survey of recordings by Jonathan Woolf
Sir Ivor Atkins
by David Wright
The Art Nouveau of Orchestral Sound by Arthur Butterworth
Enrique Mario Casella
by Lucio J. Bruno-Videla

Marion Scott by Pamela Blevins
September 2002
BARTOK by David Wright
MOZART
by David C F Wright
OLD LAMPS FOR NEW?
Arthur Butterworth
Luigi Boccherini
by David Wright
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
by Dr David C F Wright
A visit to Flamborough Head with William Baines
Arthur Meulemans by Hubert Culot
JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR by
Dr David C F Wright
Muzio Clementi
by David Wright
MARIN MARAIS Dr David C F Wright
SAMUEL BARBER Personal thoughts by "Dr. David Wright" (1982)
ROBIN MILFORD CENTENARY: Cause for Celebration
MAYTIME IN ISCHIA: British Music Society TRIP TO LA MORTELLA
Simon Rattle's inaugural concert
with the Berlin Philharmonic reviewed by Marc Bridle
CRAIG SHEPPARD An Interview by Rob Barnett
Richard Stoker Composer, Artist, Writer & Poet by John France
An Interview with the conductor Gavin Sutherland by Rob Barnett
THE DISTAFF SIDE: SOME BRITISH WOMEN COMPOSERS by Philip Scowcroft
August 2002
Albert Roussel by David C F Wright
IN SEARCH OF SIBELIUS by Roy Brewer
"November Woods" by Arnold Bax
By special correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor (1921)
Bax's Last Golden Twilight by Ian Lace
A TRIBUTE TO CAREY BLYTON 1932-2002 IN PRAISE OF A LIFE by Gary Higginson
July 2002
GUY-ROPARTZ A Brief Introduction by Dr David C F Wright
SERGEI LYAPUNOV byDr David C F Wright
Philip Lane
by Edmund Whitehouse
Welcome to Charles Ives pages prepared by Scott Mortensen

Annunzio Paulo Mantovani by Wes Stillwagon

WALTER SCOTT AND MUSIC by Philip Scowcroft
In Memoriam    Murray Adaskin (March 1906 - May 2002) Convocation Address, Brock University October 21, 2000
June 2002
Judith Bingham. A Fiftieth Birthday interview with Christopher Thomas.
Carey (Beckenham's other) Blyton by Cliff Watkins
What is a mezzo-soprano ?
Chris Howell part (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)]
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS by Dr David C F Wright
Prokofiev and His Masterpiece (Symphony 6) by David Wright
Locatelli and the early Italians
by David Wright

BRAHMS by David Wright
The Friendship of Miaskovsky and Prokofiev by David Wright
Joachim Raff by David Wright
John Veale and Film Music by David Wright
Aaron Copland by David Wright
Irvine Fine by David Wright
May 2002
  Aaron Rabushka by Jennifer Paull
Memories of ‘The Warlock Circle’
by Denis Apivor
Grace Williams
by Pamela Blevins
Joy Finzi
(1907-91) by Pamela Blevins
FLORENT SCHMITT (1870 - 1958)
By Leslie De’Ath
Nikolai KAPUSTIN - A Performer’s Perspective
By Leslie De’Ath
Benjamin Dale's The Flowing Tide
Broadcast, BBC Radio 3,
by Christopher Foreman
MAUD POWELL
- A Pioneer's Legacy by Karen A. Shaffer

Session report: Dutton record York Bowen viola sonatas
New Perspectives on Ivor Gurney’s Mental Illness
by Pamela Blevins
Ivor Gurney and the Question of Syphilis by Pamela Blevins
Ivor Gurney, Wilfred Owen and T. Ratcliffe Barnett in Scotland by Pamela Blevins
THEY GO BROKE BECAUSE WE DON’T BUY ... AND RIGHT WE ARE by Jan Neckers
ARTHUR BENJAMIN
(1893-1960)by Pamela Blevins

Elinor Remick Warren: American Composer by Pamela Blevins

Holes Held Together By String’ Stanford, Parry and the Rise of British Chamber Music in Victoria’s Age by Lewis Foreman
THE SYMPHONIES OF ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK by Paul Conway
April 2002
The Centenary of BILLY MAYERL 1902-1959 celebrated by International Concert Pianist: PHILLIP DYSON WILLIAM DENIS BROWNE (1888 - 1915) by Pamela Blevins ©2000
A meeting of the Muses Angelica Kauffmann, Anna Amalia and Goethe in Germany by Pamela Blevins
MARION SCOTT (1877-1953) CRITIC, CHAMPION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND WOMEN by Pamela Blevins
A Final Injustice Leonard Salzedo 1921-2000
Jennifer Paull reveals the brouhaha surrounding Leonard Salzedo's final composition on the second anniversary of his death.

MUSIC AND A.E.W. MASON by Philip Scowcroft
March 2002
EMI Great Recordings of the Century - latest release details
John Mark Ainsley in interview with Melanie Eskenazi
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, the SYMPHONY and the SECOND WORLD WAR, with a comparative CD review of the Symphony No. 5 in D by Bill Hedley
A REPLY TO NORMAN LEBRECHT AND ARTHUR BUTTERWORTH by Evan Tucker
What is a mezzosoprano? part (1), (2), (3), (4) Chris Howell
You might like to read a review of the Mariinsky Walkure from Neil McGowan
Carey and Enid BLYTON - Exhibition
IN MEMORIAM - CHRISTOPER PALMER(1946-1995)
LISTENERS - Professional or Amateur? - Arthur Butterworth
Richard WAGNER by David C F Wright
The Unknown Walton by David C F Wright
Matthias Goerne in conversation with Melanie Eskenazi
February 2002
Patrick Hadley THE HILLS by John France
WALTON-BRITTEN, a musical north-south divide? By Arthur Butterworth
Benjamin Frankel:The Making of Music for the Movies by E.D.Kennaway
January 2002
THE RISE AND FALL OF POPULAR MUSIC by Donald Clarke
          Complete book now on-line

Welcome to Luigi Nono
Welcome to Fartein Valen
Welcome to Gerald Finzi - a major new site from John France
Welcome to Ludwig Thuille
Welcome to VILÉM TAUSKÝ C.B.E. F.G.S.M. (b. 1910)
Welcome to Patrick Hadley

EXCLUSIVE Interview with Adriano by Rob Barnett

BEETHOVEN by Davis C F Wright
HAYDN by David C F Wright
Richard Wetz (1875-1935) as Composer By Eric Schissel
Peter Racine Fricker: Personal Thoughts and Memories
by David Wright
DIATRIBES AND DIGRESSIONS New Formats and the Real World by David Dyer
View The MusicWeb Listening Studio
December 2001
Arnold Cooke
Welcome to Arnold Cooke 
November 2001
One of the 76 Smartest Philadelphians: Lang Lang in Interview with Marc Bridle
Magnus Lindberg interviewed by Marc Bridle
BEATRIX POTTER IN MUSIC
by Philip Scowcroft
Music inspired by William Makepeace Thakeray by Philip Scowcroft
H G Wells in Music by Philip Scowcroft
Music inspired by Oscar Wilde by Philip Scowcroft
Crime Fiction and Music by Philip Scowcroft
EDWARD GERMAN: Serious or Light? by Philip Scowcroft
Jascha Horenstein - a CD Discography by Donald Clarke
Sir Malcolm Arnold at 80 by Hubert Culot
Contemporary British Music (1945-1970) by Francis Routh complete on-line book
Arthur Butterworth Writes: The Loquacious Conductor
Diatribes and Digressions:
It maybe Hi-Fi but is it music? by David Dyer
Algernon ASHTON works list
MALCOLM ARNOLD – THE SYMPHONIES: A comparative review (Part One) Paul Conway
GOLDBERG MAGAZINE A quarterly magazine of early music
October 2001
October Reviews Classical  Film Music  Jazz  Seen&Heard  Rock
Contemporary British Music (1945-1970) by Francis Routh (complete book)
DICTIONARY of Classical composers now complete
WORDS, MUSIC AND COMPUTERS by Peter Grahame Woolf
Kenneth Hesketh in interview with Christopher Thomas
Arthur Butterworth Writes: The Loquacious Conductor
September 2001
September Reviews Classical  Film Music  Jazz  Seen&Heard  Rock
ENCYCLOPAEDIA of Popular Music now on-line (nearly 4000 pages)
THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC Reflections of a music publisher by Ernst Roth
Arthur Butterworth Writes: Percussion and the Brass band
Dyertribes and Digressions: Musings on Carmen by David Dyer

If you enjoy the sort of articles Arthur Butterworth and others write and feel you would like to write one yourself I would be willing to open a Public Forum where they could be presented. email Len

Malcolm Arnold's 80th Birthday Celebrations
"Music Maketh Malcolm" by Paul Serotsky
Malcolm Arnold: The Scottish Dances by John France
Daniele (Alexandrovich) AMFITHEATROF Composer - Conductor by John Steven Lasher
August 2001
August Reviews Classical  Film Music  Jazz  Seen&Heard  Rock
Benjamin Britten 1913-1976 Ripe for reassessment? by Roy Brewer
A 20th Century Tower of Babel
This lecture by Seen & Heard's founder and Emeritus Editor, given as part of the International Composers Master Class and Music Week at Bilbao, is a reflection not only of Dr Peter Woolf's personal interest in contemporary music but of his international standing as a critic on the subject.
Music and the Brontes by Phil Scowcroft
Music and the Forsyte Saga by Phil Scowcroft
Horse Racing and Music by Phil Scowcroft
Music and the Lake District by Phil Scowcroft
British Composers in Literature by Phil Scowcroft
Music and J.B.Priestley by Phil Scowcroft
Robin Hood in Music by Phil Scowcroft
July 2001
July Reviews Classical  Film Music  Jazz  Seen&Heard  Rock
Ben Heppner interviewed by Marc Bridle
THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC Reflections of a Music Publisher by ERNST ROTH (1966: first published by Cassell London) We are reproducing the entire book.
Remembering Harold Craxton
by Christopher Howell
Arthur Butterworth Writes
: Transcriptions - A Change of Colour?
June 2001
June Reviews  Classical  Film Music  Jazz  Seen&Heard  Rock
Ships and harbours in Music by Phil Scowcroft
Phil Scowcroft's Garlands: Nos 110-127 now completed
THOSE INCREDIBLE MEN AND THEIR MUSIC MACHINES By Roy Brewer
HOW I CAME TO KNOW THE MUSIC OF EDMUND RUBBRA by Gary Higginson
SOME THOUGHTS ON YORK BOWEN byJohn Lindsay
May 2001
May CD Reviews Classical  Film Music  Jazz
Lennox Berkeley by Peter Dickinson
John MacLaughlin Williams (conductor ) is interviewed by Rob Barnett May 2001
IAIN HAMILTON (1922-2000)
by Paul Conway
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON - a 70th Birthday Tribute by Paul Conway
Phyllis Tate
Welcome to Phyllis Tate
April 2001
April Reviews: Classical  FilmMusic
April Fool
Giuseppe Sinopoli - 1946 - 2001

Arthur Butterworth Writes: Why does a composer revise a work?
MUSIC AND JANE AUSTEN by Phil Scowcroft
MUSIC AND THOMAS HARDY by Phil Scowcroft
RUDYARD KIPLING and Music  by Phil Scowcroft
TALES OF THE ILL-FATED VICAR by Charles A. Hooey
"...A VOICE WITHOUT EQUAL..." CAROLINE HATCHARD by Charles A. Hooey
Iain Kendell
Welcome to Iain Kendell
James Stevens
Welcome to James Stevens
Thomas Dunhill
Welcome to Thomas Dunhill and see also article by Philip Scowcroft
March 2001
March Reviews :Classical Film Music
Elgar in Crime Fiction by Phil Scowcroft
The Lighter Elgar by Phil Scowcroft
STANLEY BATE - Forgotten International Composer. by Michael Barlow and Robert Barnett
Thomas Wilson
Welcome to Thomas Wilson
February 2001
February Reviews: Classical  Seen&Heard  Film Music  Jazz
Extraordinarily useful list of Internet help sites that will give you an answer (usually for free)
IAN PACE in interview with Marc Bridle
Arthur Butterworth Writes: A little Haydn? Good! - recollections of the start of his career
Aviation in Music by Phil Scowcroft: New extended article
GASTRONOMY AND MUSIC: The Cafe Orchestra in Fact and Fiction  by Philip Scowcroft
Roads and Road Transport in Music (in four parts) by Philip Scowcroft
Phillip Scowcroft : Major British Light Music Composers - single composer articles:John Ansell, The John Addisons, Hugo Anson, Herbert Bedford, George Howard Clutsam, Eric Coates, Eric Coates(2), Frederic Curzon, Brian Easdale, Harry Farjeon, Percy Fletcher, Hugh Fraser-Simson, Nicholas Gatty, Victor Hely-Hutchinson, Theodore Holland, Maurice Johnstone, Albert W Ketèlbey, James Lyon, Walton O'Donnell, Montague Phillips, W H Reed, Arthur Wood, Haydn Wood ,Thomas Wood, Leslie Woodgate.
EMI GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY The latest releases
January 2001
You could help sponsor new recordings from as little as £10
January Film Music CD Reviews
January Classical CD Reviews
Arthur Butterworth writes: An Un-nerving business
Phil Scowcroft's Garlands: British Light Music
Another 60 Garlands have ben added and a biography of Phil.
Aviation and Music
Waterways and Music
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Welome to Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Andrew Downes
Welcome to Andrew Downes
Percy Whitlock
Complete organ catalogue now added
Alfred Hollins
Welcome to Alfred Hollins
Gustav Holst
Welcome to Gustav Holst: A Len Mullenger commission
Joseph Holbrooke
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE The Composer of Light Music by Philip L Scowcroft This is a companion article to Rob Barnett's biography and catalogue of the composer.


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