Beckus Newsletter No 122 – Autumn 2021

The brand new issue of Beckus (No. 122) has just been released.

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The contents:

• 16th Malcolm Arnold Festival – ‘Malcolm’s 100th’
• Society get-together
• Julian Lloyd Webber honoured
• Sinfonietta No. 1 Harrisburg
• Symphony No. 5 CBSO
• Music for wind
• London Song Festival
• The Dancing Master – Buxton International Festival
• Oboe Concerto
• St Paul’s Sinfonia celebrate Arnold centenary
• Larch Trees Op.3 (1943) by Andrew Morley
• The Society is looking for a Chairperson
• Rooted in Northampton
• Letters
• CD releases
• Battle for Music
• A Nice Conundrum: My life in two worlds by Alan Poulton
• Writing for Margot by Tony Meredith
• Homage to the Queen – Reviews from 1953
• Performance Diary

Equally as striking is the structural integrity of the piece; whatever it was he experienced whilst contemplating a glade of Yorkshire larches, Arnold channels it with pace, clarity, and profound intensity, making for a heady listening experience.

Andrew Morley on the Larch Trees Op.3