One of the group of English composers - Elgar, Parry, Stanford, Holbrooke and Havergal Brian were among the others - active in the first half of this century who continued working within the boundaries of traditional harmony long after the musical establishment began looking towards the new direction given by the Second Viennese School.
Bantock…Music available to buy online
Paul Patterson is one of the most prominent composers of his generation. He studied trombone and composition at the Royal Academy of Music. He returned there to become Head of Composition and Contemporary Music until 1997, when he became Manson Professor of Composition. In his time at the Academy, it is fair to say that…
Stephen Hough has emerged as a unique presence on the international concert scene. From highly acclaimed performances of standard repertoire, in recital and with the world’s finest orchestras, to his interest in discovering unusual and neglected works, he combines the imagination and pianistic colour of the past with the scholarship of the present, illuminating the…
Peter Rose and Anne Conlon have written several of the world’s best-loved children’s musical works, including Yanomamo, Ocean World and African Jigsaw.
Stephen Hough's 50th birthday
Many happy returns for November 22nd!
Broken Branches - works by Stephen Hough now on CD
Broekn Branches is a collection of compositions by Stephen Hough, released to coincide with his 50th birthday
Stephen Hough at 50 - International Piano Magazine
Stephen Hough is featured in the Nov/Dec issue, talking about life, music and a new CD of his own works
York Bowen Piano Concerto No. 4 - "deserves to command wide recognition and respect"
The two-piano version of York Bowen’s Piano Concerto No. 4 is reviewed in this month’s International Piano Magazine
Phoenix Concerto - now available
Paul Patterson’s Phoenix Concerto for Oboe is recorded for the first time by Emily Pailthorpe and the English Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Hough's Other Love Songs
“Original and beguiling” - piano album and recording now available
Oboe/Piano reduction and new Sonata version are now both available
Stephen Hough’s Sonata for Piano receives its world premiere in June 2011. Learn more about Stephen and request a free catalogue of works