A passion project about climate change, saxophonist ALISTAIR PENMAN's THE LAST TREE''s music is inspired by the words of Ghandi, Voltaire, Hemingway, Obama and others, and features his instrument solo, overdubbed 14 times.
An appraisal of 17th century lute music written by MICHELANGELO GALILEI, brother of GALILEO, the groundbreaking astronomer-physicist, as performed by ISRAEL GOLANI on a new EP.
A set of delightfully evocative pieces for guitar duos composed by KEMAL BELEVI comprises a fine new album by DUO TANDEM, incisively reviewed by ROBERT HUGILL
In life he was eclipsed by the shadow of his great pupil, Henry Purcell, and ensuing centuries have seen the 17th century composer JOHN BLOW nigh on to completely forgotten. Until this glorious moment.
A must-hear event for choral music lovers: ONLY A SINGING BIRD by the NATIONAL GIRLS CHOIR of Scotland, with sensitively rendered songs by MICHAEL HEARD and others.