Tag: Granville Bantock

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  The road not taken

  October 11, 2015

  Chamber music, Choral, Opera, Orchestral, Piano music, Vocal

  Ethel Smyth, Granville Bantock, Joseph Holbrooke

  Smyth, Bantock and Holbrooke; or, more familiarly, Ethel, Granville and Joseph (aka Josef). That familiarity, however, doesn’t extend – for most people, anyway – to a knowledge of the music of these three. So, this week, we’re going to explore an alternative history, to acquaint (or reacquaint) ourselves with the works of these distinguished composers. w…