I'm very lucky to have been asked to become chairman of the Association of English Singers and Speakers. This wonderful group runs five competitions annually, and publishes books on and of English Song. The AESS aims to encourage the communication of English words, in singing and speech, with clarity, understanding and imagination Its website is here
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Anna and I have made a disc of songs by the unquestionably brilliant Roger Quilter. We're ever so pleased with it. His music has been a mainstay of singers of English song for years, but people are often a little ashamed to say they like the music. I hope enough time has passed for the "unfashionable" nature of his craft to have faded. We can appreciate a unique voice in song, able to penetrate straight to the heart of a poem with an apparently effortless gift for melody and a mastery of pianistic expressivity. Click on the cover to go to Chandos. There is a short video about it below. Poor Anna with her crutches!
MINDSONG is a charity in Gloucestershire that brings Music therapy to people suffering with dementia. It began as a small project, which over the years has grown hugely. Until recently, it has been working in Care Homes for people often with advanced dementia, and is now branching out into working in peoples' homes. To find out more, please visit the website.
Latest recordings
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What plaintive melodies are these?
Works for Oboe, Voice and Strings
Including Vaughan Williams ​Ten Blake settings
Mark Baigent (oboe) and friends
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     Solitude
    Purcell/Britten O Solitude
    Schubert Einsamkeit
    Dove Under alter'd skies
    Barber Hermit Songs
    James Gilchrist/Anna Tilbrook
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Pamela Harrison
Chamber Music and Songs
Alice Neary, Jâms Coleman, Misicians from the RWCMD
Below is a short video about a disc of the chamber music of Pamela Harrison which is soon to be released. Wonderful music from a composer of whom we should have heard. .