This year Birmingham City Council, our major funder in recent years is unable to contribute anything at all to support this year's most significant festival.
Your contribution, no matter how big or small, will make a tremendous difference.
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Read this article about our Jazz Recording of the Week, 'Altera Vita' from AlinaHipHarp and Tony Kofi!

📖 Read here:
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📀 Order here (released on BBE Music):
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#Jazz #NewRelease

Read all about our latest Classical Recording of the Week; a new project aimed at retracing the steps of Bach's life, with a particular focus on his early work.

📖 Read the article: tinyurl.com/yc47f6xc

📀 Buy now (released on harmonia mundi ): tinyurl.com/3kwdd3m5

We sat down recently for a great conversation with ᗷᕮᖇGIᑎᗩᒪᗪ ᖇᗩSᕼ and Fiona Gryson to chat about their new album, 'Dathanna: Hues & Shades', released on Orchid Classics.

📖Read the full interview here: prestomusic.com/classical/arti…

💿Buy the album now: prestomusic.com/classical/prod…

I was honoured to be given this award by Presto Music for my biography of Sir Arthur Bliss published last year by The Crowood Press. Fascinating composer and man.

Read this article about our Jazz Recording of the Week, 'Journey To Where' from Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley!

📀 Order here (released on Stoney Lane):
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#trishclowes #Jazz

This recital of orchestral mélodies from Véronique Gens takes its title from a song by Reynaldo Hahn, whose 'D’une prison' and 'Mai' also feature on the programme.

💿 Order here (released on Alpha Classics):
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We're wishing a happy 60th birthday to UK jazz legend Courtney Pine! Read this article celebrating his extraordinary career and watch our interview with him at Love Supreme 2023 below...

📖 Read here:
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🎥 Watch here:
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Delighted to receive an actual (physical) award from Presto Music for my book Refiner's Fire (@eandtbooks). My proudest moment since winning the 1988 West Wirral Cubs & Scouts Model and Craft Competition with my 1:72 scale Lancaster bomber.

We've just received the official photos from our night at the 2024 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards! We were attending in support of this year's 'Inspiration' award winners (and fellow Midlanders), Derwent Brass.

🔎 Find out more about Derwent Brass here:
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#rpsawards

💿Pre-order ERIN MORLEY's upcoming release 'Rose in Bloom' here (out on 19th April from Orchid Classics):
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#roseinbloom #erinmorley

Thanks to the advocacy of Rebecca Miller and support of Signum Classics, orchestral music of almost-forgotten English composer Dorothy Howell - with its 'imaginative orchestration' - now gets its due. It's the Presto 'Recording of the Week.' Rebecca Miller prestomusic.com/classical/arti…

At the end of last year, Presto Music's Editor Katherine Cooper met up with Michael Barenboim in Berlin for a wide-ranging interview.
📷 Read it here:
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To celebrate International Women's Day 2024, we're sharing our Recording of the Week, 'Dorothy Howell - Orchestral Works' (released on @signmusicrecords)! Featuring the @bbcconcertorchestra conducted by Rebecca Miller.

📖 Read the article here:
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#IWD2024

💿'OCULUS' is available now from Presto Music:
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