Semifinal 2. It’s the battle of English second symphonies. Michael Tippett vs William Walton. Which will triumph? Please vote and retweet. #ClassicalPoll

It’s the Grand Final of the World Cup of Second Symphonies written after 1920. Michael Tippett’s Second takes on Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms. Which will triumph? Please vote and retweet. #ClassicalPoll

2,163 albums, 42,000 tracks, 1.8m words of sung texts, and 170,000 minutes of music spanning 2,300 composers performed by 3,200 artists. It is a pleasure to announce that you can now find the entire Hyperion catalogue on your favourite streaming services.

Great news as the 2nd Doreen Carwithen festival is announced for next year. Programme is available here - carwithenmusicfestival.co.uk/home/events/ Booking opens in September.

I've arrived at THAT part of my #Holst150 journey. Where else to launch my interplanetary voyage than with Holst himself? He recorded his most famous work twice with the London Symphony Orchestra. #NowListening to his 1923 acoustic recording which sounds PHENOMENAL! 🪐🌃

Like Steve Elcock, Matthew Taylor is an alumnus of Kenneth Woods's fantastic #21stCenturySymphony project. Taylor's 5th Symphony blew everyone away who's heard it (if you haven't then make a beeline for Wood's recording) so I'm bursting with anticipation to hear No. 6.

It's Release Day! 24 contrasting songs in their orchestral incarnations, sung by Morgan Pearse - Baritone and Sharon Carty with a brief but unforgettable contribution from the lower voices of the BBC Singers. A dark, Romantic side of Stanford that will be new to many. resonusclassics.com/products/charl…

*June New Release - The Piano Concertos by George Lloyd - SRCD 2421 Available now from all major retailors and digital platforms📷📷 #music #newrelease #musician #composer #composition #conductor #George #Lloyd #GeorgeLloyd #Piano The George Lloyd Society Nimbus Records

I'm really delighted this record is now out. Steve's 8th is a dark, scary, intense piece. Wonderful! And the Violin Concerto is an important addition to the repertoire, played brilliantly by Zoë Beyers

#Holst150 #77: The Cloud Messenger, H. 111 Op. 30 (1910–1912) I'm listening to every Holst piece I can find in the order he composed them. The culmination of his "Indian Period", Holst's choral blockbuster wasn't the crowning glory he'd hoped for. 🧵 /1 youtube.com/watch?v=i71y4J…

Petroc Trelawny on BBC Radio 3 introducing a track from our soon to be released CD of Malcolm's brass band played by Foden's Band

Coates: Orchestral Works Vol. 4 is out TODAY! 🚨 John Wilson and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra's fourth volume devoted to music by Eric Coates is available to stream, download, and physical CD now 💿✨ Explore the album below! 👉lnk.to/CHAN20292FA

BBC2 currently showing The Man Who Never Was, 1956 film chronicling the WWII events of Operation Mincemeat and with an original score by Alan Rawsthorne. Well worth a watch!

Thank you Gramophone for this brilliant feature on Imogen Holst, her work with NMC and our upcoming album Discovering Imogen with BBC Concert Orchestra and Alice Farnham Read more in the Sept 2024 issue of Gramophone, or: tinyurl.com/mr2n9dwf Pre-order: tinyurl.com/ym8nh6st

Brilliant.

August 26 is always bittersweet for me. I share my birthday with the anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s passing. His works will forever sit at the heart of my love for Classical Music. What are your favourite RVW works and recordings?

Happy #NewReleaseFriday! Gustav Holst's anniversary has also shone a light on his daughter Imogen. An accomplished composer herself, and pivotal in founding NMC Recordings, who celebrate their own 35th birthday with her orchestral music. Try them here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn