Every week, Classic FM presenter and music expert David Mellor reviews the best new releases and re-issues from the world of classical music. This week, David picks out Elīna Garanča, Gerald Finzi and ...
Popular pieces that the composer dismissed as 'only trifles.' In 1941, shortly before being drafted into the war effort, Finzi finished three pieces for clarinet, using ‘20-year-old bits and pieces’.
Gerald Finzi was an English Johnny Appleseed. His apple orchard was a national treasure. And his music is just as picturesque as his orchard. John Churchwell is the pianist in Finzi's "Eclogue" for ...
This Saturday saw a series of concerts at Wigmore Hall dedicated to the repertoire of the Ludlow English Song Festival, featuring music for voice and piano mainly from the English Pastoralist ...