M&V articles about Basil Ramsey
Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Book search
2000 choice - Basil Ramsey looking both ways, but not at once
Christmas again - A message from Editor Basil Ramsey to all reading at this time
Editorial musings - Noise ... on facing the unavoidable, with Basil Ramsey
Music & Vision articles by Basil Ramsey
The Public Ear
Wondering
A genuine discipline?
Please read this
Well?
Once a year
Christmas carols and chants played by Anonymous 4
Musical expansion
The ultimate level
More readers' letters
Fresh starts
Nancy Ambrose King plays oboe concertos
John O'Donnell plays Bach on the Ahrend organ in Monash University, Australia
Do we understand 'normality'?
Edward Higginbottom conducts New College Oxford Choir
Obsession
Basil Ramsey listens to concertos by Czerny and Ries, played by Felicja Blumental
Expanding language
Uprooting
Torn to shreds
Agreeable respect
Basil Ramsey listens to the music of Einojuhani Rautavaara
more readers' letters
A gruelling test
There are days - Musical passion
Threats
A foothold - those early years
The organ music of Paul Fisher
Basil Ramsey listens to the music of Warren Burt
Basil Ramsey listens to music from the Jewish Folk Music Society
Music for cello
Slow and passionate melodies played by John Reed
Basil Ramsey listens to Dohnányi piano music
In step - remembering one who was
Debussy songs
Composer at work
stand up and be counted
Music by Anthony Iannaccone
Surfacing - Music up and down
Sounds ever upward
Sing for peace
Clementi in musical flight
Schubert piano music played by Zeynep Ucbasaran
a selection of our readers' letters
Basil Ramsey hears a composer playing his piano music
To order. Considering the commissioning of composers
Goals. Looking to experiences when 'we know'
Natural selection. The musical journey
Con moto
Basil Ramsey lingers over the delights of seventeenth century lute songs and dances
Once in a while
Wilfred Josephs and the clarinet
The flute concertos of Leopold Hofmann
Basil Ramsey plus a duo
An eager response. Some editorial thoughts requiring readers' follow-ups
Basil Ramsey hears the charms of Telemann released by an experienced group
Walking wounded
Recalling the rigours of musical accuracy
His Stabat Mater reconsidered
Basil Ramsey listens to Charlotte Brontë set over music
A long journey in performance practice
Howells in ecclesiastical mode
The fun side of music
Piano sonatas by Myroslav Gutej, as heard
The yearly miracle for millions
The pros and cons of meddling, considered after a game of ludo
a selection of letters from our readers
Wondering how much we miss
Switching nightmares for daymares
Considering music we hear without listening
Disentanglement
Symphonies from New Zealand
Keeping tracks. Basil Ramsey finds fresh guitar tracks to draw upon
Creative glue. Buxtehude and the sonata
Perceiving the error of our ways
Astonishing flow. Basil Ramsey finds Telemann in good company
The fascination of the rarest jewels.
Count me out. Basil Ramsey trying Spohr
Boldly on. Recent music from Italy
Born by the sea. Folk dances from Colombia
fiddling. Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt heard
The glow of its period. Hummel Piano Sonatas considered
Russian master. Basil Ramsey enjoying Shostakovich
From South America. Little-known piano music
Struggling for silence.
Preparing to be absurd.
Editor Basil Ramsey considers the part played by music during occasions of national mourning
Unexpectedly vivid. Basil Ramsey experiences the music of Portuguese composer Joly Braga Santos
Beaming with pleasure. The lightweight in company with the flute, as heard and enjoyed
Characterisation. Piano preludes by César Cui
Time machine
Danish pastry. Basil Ramsey listens to symphonies with hang-ups
Your conclusions from January's Editorial.
Giving generously. A Recording of church music by Peter Aston, introduced
The Editor finds himself perturbed, and asks for a reaction from readers
That is it. Steve Martland is passing through
the new year as a challenge
Duetting. A new CD of French music considered
The Editor attempts to thread a few thoughts together as a thunderous year draws to a close
Unexpected delicacies. Telemann concerti as savoured
Piano sonorities. Basil Ramsey hears American piano music.
Minus the Adagio. Barber and some orchestral music
Spinning on - looking at art in an uneasy world ...
Natural affinity. Geoffrey Poole's music is tracked and enjoyed
Ample gifts. From the world of Brahms
On being caught - back on the trail ...
Alongside AD1620. Basil Ramsey listens to the music of Edward MacDowell
Flighty music. Unusual repertory with two flutes, as heard
Benefits. A CD of Anthony Powers' music
The sounds of music - an attempt at some conclusions at a time of world crisis
Church music by gaslight. Sullivan's church offerings
Mere ramblings
No piano on that one. Basil Ramsey overhears musicians getting together
Confident skill. Basil Ramsey listens to a choral composer at work
Full flower. Schubert lieder - Ian Bostridge with Julius Drake
letters received, including a comment from the Editor
Drawing out. Herbert Howells on CD
Two by two. Animals and music
Guitar scenario. Basil Ramsey hears a record from Christopher Parkening
Prom fever
A comfortable stroll. Basil Ramsey meets with clarinet, basset horn and piano
Bach and Handel. Some thoughts
Quick-change artist. Encounters with Poulenc
a selection of letters from our readers
Period reflections. Grechaninov's symphonies
Worth a challenge. William Schuman's music
Space and light. Two American composers in the light
Daily routine. Noting the downside
Looking for the best
The divide. Basil Ramsey struggling with the Virtual Orchestra
A neglected vista. Basil Ramsey views Handel afresh
Basil Ramsey with Malcolm Arnold's symphonies
The Editor gently ruminates
The Kirkby sound. Handel from a special voice
Collecting material. '... a mélée of romantic and selective modern language ...' Utilising the unusual
Seeking a perspective - selecting what we need
Invention. Flute and piano
Musical manners. Basil Ramsey listens to Robert King's performances of Johann Schelle
The ravishing factor. Basil Ramsey spends 131 minutes with Mozart
Floating. Bohemian Flute Concertos
Touching Wood. Charles Wood's church music
Book search
Checking the pulse. Vaughan Williams and chamber music
Knowing Knüpfer. A pre-Bach notable
Speaking out. The little-known Slavický
Flute tones. Basil Ramsey reports on the unusual in ensemble
Saint-Saëns and Seki. An Admirable partnership
Technology, music and life. A new sense of purpose?
The Editor's Quarterly Surprise
Give and Take. Basil Ramsey enjoys companion organ CDs
Four-handed music. Igor Kipnis & Karen Kushner
Personal experience. Eligibility to captivate
Out with a bang. Trios for clarinet
Absolute partnership. Finding choral sensitivity
A Mediterranean Soundworld. Camilleri on record
Visiting ducks. Encounters with a recorder quartet
Gentle pleasure. Dallying with Grétry
Highs and lows. Global issues, announcing new online forms to publish your concerts and news items.
Elemental music. Icelandic works
Flattery. Doubtful Bach well dressed
From rags to riches. '... clear purpose and technical prowess.' Peter Dickinson's music
Young music. Early quartets by Arriaga
Spring in his step. Diabelli entertains
A maverick streak. Nielsen at his best
Finger tapping. Looking ahead
Basil Ramsey looking both ways, but not at once
Uphill struggles. Paul Archbold and Fabrice Fitch - Composers today
Circuit of excellence. '... the Lindsays provide performances matching the quality that strides through some of the best of Dvorák.' Dvorák well served
A message from Editor Basil Ramsey to all reading at this time
Lure of the hounds - a saxophonist's Christmas
A true spirit. The Nativity
Bach passion. '... JSB himself would be bewitched and bewildered by what has emerged, even after being introduced to the wonders of electricity.' A bizarre pilgrimage
Instant Blend - Weigl the unknown
The Russian Psyche - Sadness in song
Those captivating moments - an unusual request from Basil Ramsey
Energy and calm. Stirring musical waters
Musical heaven. Bach up aloft
Irresistible beauty - Anonymous 4
Handelian decoration - Putting on the style
Over the hills - Delius before the first cuckoo
Dussek in good light - Stylistic pleasures
A sense of balance. '... authoritative and splendid performances ...' Hummel back in the light
Manners of clothing - At ease with the sacred
Unique forays - the CDs we overlook
Noise ... on facing the unavoidable
Blowing to good purpose - Brass in consort
Fruits of Glory - young composers in church
Spirit and polish - Hymns in demonstration
Initial reaction - Icelandic music
Another selection of letters from readers
Cellos rule - the Berlin team in action
Vivaldi in season - Fruitful music
'A composer is or isn't'
Visits to Cambridge
The born and stillborn - Harping on
Inventiveness. '...a resourceful CD to extend our knowledge of Bach's seemingly infinite ideas with chorale-based music.' Bach's captivating qualities
Fruits of the best -
Basil Ramsey listens to 17th century organ music
Seeking illumination -
Skilful manoeuvres - The art of John Gardner
Naked Power - the organ roars
Renaissance. 'Jennifer Paull gives sparkling performances.' The oboe d'amore revitalised -.
A Tree in your Ear - Logging on
Musical spurs. 'His musical palette constantly overflows with colour, never garish yet sometimes opulent and sometimes sombre.' Irish convictions - Basil Ramsey investigates the music of Ian Wilson.
Thrill of the chase
A state funeral. 'It is not every day that one of England's smaller cathedrals has the opportunity to participate in bringing to our ears such an historic occasion as this.' Basil Ramsey listens to music for Lord Nelson.
Composers anonymous
Exposure - Bach known and unknown.
The traveller. 'His music even exceeds the brilliance of the man, travelling a path through an intense musical atmosphere interacting so bounteously with his creativity.' Basil Ramsey encounters Jesús Villa-Rojo, a composer from Spain.
The outlook - shocking talk. What shape are we musicians in for the next 100 years?
Suspending time - Working together. Basil Ramsey listens to Richard Stoltzman and Nexus.
By Special Arrangement - Basil Ramsey listens to the Rodolfus Choir
Wonderfully moving - Exploring the music of Frank Martin
Visionary ideals - Rued Langgaard's Sinfonia interna
with Basil Ramsey. Invading Privacy.
Life and Music - A celebration
Fairest Isle - A New National Songbook
Authenticity and Beauty - Medieval chant and polyphony from Anonymous 4
Individual expectations - A composer from Texas
Incredible repertory - The world of the 18th century
'Light and dark' - Basil Ramsey listens to lesser-known Schumann
Time and Space - John McCabe in flight
Who can tell? - Bach in good hands
Areas of specialisation - The organ in various colours
Armoury of Invention - Nicholas Maw in fine form and Stan and Olly - Pranks with music
A New Adventure - Basil Ramsey discovers Bach in a different light
Varying Landscapes - New prizewinning music
Songwriting - A welcome gathering
Górecki's path - A journey in music
Deep shadow - Light on Telemann
Almost as one - a chance for Medtner
with Basil Ramsey. One thing after another - vanquishing peril.
Latin urgency - Turina at his best
The 'Withdrawn' Symphony - Mendelssohn's 'Italian' in a new light
From Afar; Pires sabbatical; Instrument petting zoo; Millennium songbook; Holliger directs; Toronto on tour; Where the world comes to play ... (Forthcoming concert information)
Minimum Security; The Organic Organum; Early music in Texas; Edinburgh Festival; (Forthcoming concert information)
UK composition prize
Vienna New Year; Oresteia; Max Opus; 'Cosi' Cardiff; Orchestre de Bretagne; Lucerne Music; Salzburg Festival (Forthcoming concert information)
Odd bedfellows - Partsongs for all seasons
Liquid fire - comparing the two Haydns, and The power of tradition - Iceland's church music
Kyra Vayne at the Bolshoi; Opera in Graz; Michala Petri; Pelléas et Mélisande; ...die Zeit ist ohne End'... (Forthcoming concert information)
From Puerto Rico - another voice, and My Dancing Day - Carolling from Windsor
Villancicos de Navidad; Bamert in Tokyo; Arthur Pendragon; Brandon Hill Cosi (Forthcoming concert information)
Russian futurists; English Fancie; Millennium Tales (Forthcoming concert information)
Australian Voices; Schuller première; Jornadas Nova Música; In Rome for the millennium? (Forthcoming concert information)
On the uplift - The quest for noble hymn tunes
Joyrides - The American way
Around a curve; Festival music by the Med; Schubert Masterclass 2000 (Forthcoming concert information)
Oxbridge - Basil Ramsey listens to choirs from both cities
News of the new; Going Dutch (Forthcoming concert information)
Thomas Pitfield is dead; The Bournemouth Sinfonietta is no more; Back to Bach basics
Real rapport - Martinu & chamber ensemble
Intensity - Medieval Motets
Steals on the ear - Christmas sounds are back
The noted composer and teacher has died, aged 91
Intentions - Exceptional CDs from Sweden
Visions de L'amen; RTE Concert Orchestra; Beethoven concerto cycle; Barrows and Mackie quartet premières; Florian Kitt and Rita Medjimorec; Schiff and the Northern Sinfonia; Rääts and Penderecki in Uppsala; Barns of Wolf Trap; Gary Dranch plays Krenek; Oreste and Oresteia
The Tuba in company - Brass in light-hearted mood
The Irish approach - Music from a Dublin cathedral
Chanticleer; Celtic Music; Slatkin succeeds Davis at the BBC
maintaining excellence
Pale reflections - a Siberian composer of the past, and Full of ideas - chamber music amongst friends and a CD of unusual interest
The Editor peers ahead
Musical appetites - another composer restored to life, and Raging Torrents - a Mendelssohnian escapade
A jinxed computer, amongst other things
Time and Space. Chorales as treated by Bach - newly recorded
The small legacy - Taking note of Alfredo Casella and Some virtues of pastiche
This week in Record Box, Levels of Invention - Martinu's way with voices and Beyond cliché - Basil Ramsey meets the music of Johann Vanhal
Starker gala concert webcast; Sum Vermis in Amsterdam; Exploring Mozart; Forgotten genius of Renaissance Spain; Early Music Vancouver; About Time in Ely
Basil Ramsey begins a new series of short CD reviews. Today, 'As one' - Early music with charisma and 'Fragmentary Bach' - Bach's throw-offs scrutinised
ISCM in Bucharest; Welsh National Opera tour; Danielpour Première
Czaplowski Première; International Penderecki Competition; Master Singers; Rootham Première; Even jazz; New dance; Finnissy at Ultima
Landscape Artist - Three orchestral works by John McCabe on CD
Judith Lang Zaimont; Uncommon Artistry; Galliard Ensemble
Isokoski at Symphony Hall; St Ceciliatide Festival; Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Forthcoming concerts
Basil Ramsey reminds everybody of the unique music festival that takes over in London every summer
A Prince amongst composers - Monteverdi and the voice of Maria Cristina Kiehr
Dutoit resigns; Grawemeyer Music Award; EMI back-catalogue; The Mozart effect - debunking the myth; Classical music is good for babies in Tennessee
Six Pieces of Britain; Caballero and Galvez; Full Moon Over Killaloe; 'Ale and 'Arty
Sustaining Power - A Czech composer of yesteryear
Back to the drawing board
Basil Ramsey recounts one way of facing disaster with a composer
Listening well - Basil Ramsey invites you to discover that Samuel Barber wrote more than one work
Mirror image - Basil Ramsey introduces a CD that concludes a series devoted to the organ music of Herbert Howells
British conductors in the news; Internet music company share offer
with Basil Ramsey
Scotland's Youth; Venus and Adonis; Millennium Pilgrimage
Alun Hoddinott at 70; Rossini and Verdi; Presteigne Festival
Canticle setting and singing - Basil Ramsey listens to a living tradition on record
Basil Ramsey writes a second coda to composer neglect
Basil Ramsey extends his survey of composer neglect
On American Independence Day, Basil Ramsey recalls a special composer
Kreizberg stands down from Bournemouth
news from Basil Ramsey
Lifting the veil - Recent recordings of John Tavener considered
Basil Ramsey considers the outcome of our two recent polls
Eurydice in Padova; Gala concert in memory of Richard Tucker
John McCabe's musical contribution as seen
Choral music in Avila; New Sullivan Trial in Martley; Cheltenham Festival
Biped; Schleswig Holstein; Festival Internazionale Massimo Amfiteatrof; Music to move you; Beethoven cycle; Steel and Gold
Three Choirs in single file
Wagner Opera Transcriptions
Viva Opera weekend; Kosovo Concert; Michael Hulmes in Cedar Park
Blowpipes; Pergolesi and Duruflé; City of London Festival; Cambridge Summer Music
Basil Ramsey remembers ...
Joanna Porackova and Alison Baker in Sweden
PRISM saxophone quartet; Jeffrey Tate in Minnesota; Gerard Schurmann song cycles
News about next year's Copland centenary; Hickox is Elgar president
Cage in Boston; Robert Hugill and Paul Ayres; Stravinsky and Bruckner; Mahler-Fest
Audio enhancement software and other offers are now available
MacMillan's Easter Triptych (part 2)
MacMillan's Easter Triptych
Obtain free trial issues of various music magazines
Basil Ramsey muses on organ playing
Joanna Porackova; Nicolas Cherniavsky; Yuki Matsuzawa
Standford's Fantasy Quintet; Korean Scholarships
Some post-survey thoughts
Music at Blackheath; RFH Classics International
Paul Sacher's death
Read a sneak preview of our June newsletter!
Down the street; Operamania
'A dash of bitters' - Kevin Bowyer playing the organ of St Mary's Warwick
Basil Ramsey listens to two CDs of organ music from the UK
Harmonious Continent; Honegger Prize
The grand old man of British percussion has died, age 97
Rabushka in Bucharest; St Petersburg Conductors' Masterclass
The theft of Jane Eyre; Portrait of a Composer
What Next?; Spitalfields Festival
Basil Ramsey listens to early music at a festival
Basil Ramsey replies to David Arditti
Gillian Weir; Anglo-German Youth Music Week; Opera North's new Musical Director; Organ concert guide
Medici Orchestra Charity Concert; Madley Festival; St Petersburg; Jacob and the Angel; Lichfield Festival;
Magnus Lindberg premieres; 999 Years of Music Festival; 20th Century Piano Music; Verdi's 'Giovanna d'Arco'
Basil Ramsey asks for your help with our 20th century composer survey
Flagstad repeat
Andriessen's Terrifying Orchestra; Psalms of Scotland
New York Opera Forum
Verdi's 'Giovanna d'Arco'
St Albans International Organ Festival
John McCabe at 60; Death of Graham Steed; Elgar Society seeks a President
New York Opera Forum
York Early Music Centre
Buxton Festival; York Early Music; Meltdown
One of Britain's most celebrated cellists died early last week.
Mahler season; British organists; Galliard Winners; Replica benefit concert
Chopin recital; Chamber Music 2000
Penderecki Contemporary Chamber Music Competition
Bridge String Quartet Wigmore Hall debut
Edinburgh Festival; York Spring Festival
Academy of Ancient Music 25th anniversary; Covent Garden Festival of opera and theatre; Proms at St Jude's
Tampere Choir Festival; Jonathan Dove; 999 Years of Music Festival
Conviction - Music for Men's Voices
Mirror of Perfection, Lindberg premieres, From the heart, Charity Gala, Millenium Scenes, British organ music and Bach in California
Galliard Ensemble Wind Quintet
Lindberg premieres, From the heart, Charity Gala, Millenium Scenes, British organ music and Bach in California
Editorial musings
Messiaen Festival 1999 in the French Alps
From the heart, Charity Gala, Millenium Scenes, British organ music and Bach in California
Basil Ramsey explores more correspondence received by Music & Vision.
Royal Charity Gala in aid of the Animal Help Society
Editorial musings
Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival, and 'From the heart'
Dreamspaces, Robin Orr and James Macmillan
The internationally celebrated violinist died yesterday.
British organ music, John Lill awards, British Federation of Young Choirs, ICTUS and Bach in California
The Sweet Smell of Success - our first review of the brilliant young German counter-tenor Andreas Scholl
Bath International Music Festival
New Publications
Editorial musings
Offenbach, Goethe, Goldsmith, Previn, David Solomons and singing days
Bridge String Quartet debut at the Wigmore Hall
Editorial musings
Singing Days and Tuba Quartets
The Oxford Festival of Contemporary Music
Scandinavian music in Berlin; Musik der Fruhe
Delius, Johann Strauss, Sibelius and Red House Editions
Stravinsky and John Woolrich
Neil Crossland, Britten and Tippett
Lakeside jazz and Spitalfields' Summer
Stravinsky and Beyond
The Juilliard in China
Larry Phelps
Basil Ramsey reads about Elgar the cyclist.
Editorial musings
The John Lill Awards
Editorial musings
Aldeburgh 1999
The Duke
Best of British
Carter's Spell and Museum pieces
Echoes and re-echoes - Basil Ramsey reviews Schubert's Nachtgesang on Harmonia Mundi HMC 901669
How are we doing?
Ronald Stevenson 70th birthday
Basil Ramsey reviews Symposium Records' CD transfer of 1940s Moeran broadcasts
Contemporary Piano at LCMM
Mahler - The Spectacle 1999
The Nightingale's to blame
Edge of a dream - the 80s
Stravinsky and beyond
Bach in California
Editorial musings
New music for string trio
Florida and California
An unusual musical collaboration
Student Offenbach performances
Life, Love and Music
Jerry Goldsmith and André Previn 70th birthday concerts
an obituary
The Bintley/McCabe ballet Edward II receives its London premiere this week
Editorial musings
1 Bernard Herrmann
Robert Hugill and the Burgundian Cadence
More editorial musings from Basil Ramsey
with Basil Ramsey
CDs of music by Casella, Bach, Handel, Krebs, Mozart and Alan Gibbs
Basil Ramsey explores the correspondence received by Music & Vision during its first two days.
Spring in Wales; Amongst composers; Singers; Fresh ideas; Hidden treasure -.
Basil Ramsey looks forward to concerts in the BBC's Sounding the Century series
Basil Ramsey introduces Music & Vision
Basil Ramsey writes about the imminent launch of Music & Vision.
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