Bliss’s choral work The Beatitudes was written for the consecration of Coventry Cathedral in 1962, but Britten’s War Requiem monopolised most of the rehearsal time and the attention. A new recording ...

Andrew Davis’s attempt to give Arthur Bliss’s strange choral work dramatic shape and intensity foundered despite powerful, spiky orchestration Commissioned to mark the consecration of Coventry ...

Events to mark this year's 50th anniversary of the consecration of Coventry Cathedral have already included a performance of the most famous work composed for the occasion. But Britten's War Requiem ...

Introduction and Allegro BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis, Conductor Arthur (Drummond) Bliss, Composer God Save the Queen BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis, Conductor Arthur ...

It is widely known that Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem was written for the inauguration of the new Coventry Cathedral in 1962. It remains easy to forget, however, that it was only one event in an ...

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and soloists in Sir Arthur Bliss's cantata The Beatitudes, plus Elgar's orchestral Enigma Variations. Live from the Barbican. Bliss wrote ...

Donald Macleod with biographer Paul Spicer journey into the final decades for Sir Arthur Bliss, including an Indian Summer of creativity. Macleod explores how although Bliss was still highly active as ...

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