Birmingham: John Joubert’s ‘Jane Eyre’

St Albans Abbey: Joseph Phibbs's ‘Tenebrae’

TIGRAN MANSURIAN: String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2; Testament. Rosamunde Quartett. ECM New Series 476 3052.

JUDITH WEIR: Blond Eckbert. Nicholas Folwell (bar), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-sop), Christopher Ventris (ten), Nerys Jones (sop), Orchestra and Chorus of English National Opera c. Sian Edwards. NMC D106.

London, Reform Club: Bayan Northcott's ‘Fandango’ for harpsichord

St Albans: International Organ Festival 2005

LEFANU: String Quartet No. 2; Concertino for clarinet and string orchestraSee Peter Quinn, ‘Out with the Old and in with the New: Pärt's Credo’ in Tempo No.211 January 2000), pp.16–20 (Ed.).; Cancion de la lunaSee also Euridice EUCD 26, containing two percussion pieces, Ras (1999) and Diabolus.; Catena. Fiona Cross (cl), Nicholas Clapton (counter-ten), Goldberg Ensemble c. Malcolm Layfield. Naxos 8.557389

‘Reflections’. LEFANU: Lament; A Travelling Spirit; Soliloquy; Mira Clas Tenebras. ELIZABETH MACONCHY: Reflections; Miniature; Morning, Noon and Night. Okeanos. Metier MSV CD92064

London, Wigmore Hall: Coro Cervantes (from Argentina to Andalucia in 16 voices)

Shrewsbury, Maidment Hall: Hugh Wood’s Overture op. 48.

London, Royal Albert Hall – Wynton Marsalis’s ‘All Rise’

BARRETT: Kraftfelt: … fetters…; Prince Prospero’s Party; Exploratio Invisibilis. (Electro-acoustic compositions). Aurora ACD 5037.

De La CRUZ: Piano Concerto No 1See Peter Quinn, ‘Out with the Old and in with the New: Pärt's Credo’ in Tempo No.211 January 2000), pp.16–20 (Ed.)., See also Euridice EUCD 26, containing two percussion pieces, Ras (1999) and Diabolus.; La Luz del AireThe work exists in two versions: this purely instrumental one being the first with a second, scored for tenor, solo flute and choir having been prepared for the Estonian Philharmonic Choir and premièred by them under Paul Hillier’s direction in 2002. They recorded this, with tenor Tiit Kogerman and flautist Neeme Punder, on Harmonia Mundi HMU90 7331., On ASV CDQS6245, played by Catherine Wilmers and Simon Marlow. Her output appears to be relatively modest, though I note on the Incorporated Society of Musicians website that her ‘Three Summer Sketches’ were published under the name Katherine Lovell. At this time I can throw no further light on the matter.; Latir Isleño; Soledad for stringsWhile this issue was in the press, Margaret Hubicki died aged 90 in January – Ed., . Guillermo González (pno), Helsinki PO c. Leif Segerstam, Proyecto Gerhard, Czech Virtuosi c. José de Eusebio. Col Legno WWE 1CD 20242.

GRIGORIEVA: Con misterio; On Leaving. SUMERA: Pantomime; The Child of Dracula and Zombie. Tui Hirv (sop), Hortus Musicus c. Andres Mustonen. Eesti Radio ERCD045.

HUBICKI: From the Isles of the Sea, ; Piano Sonata; Full Fathom Five, ; Theme and Variations, for string quartetOn BIS CD-996 and Phono Suecia PSCD 85.; Irish Fantasy; Lonely Mere and Rigaudon, ; Svolgimento, ; Golandon Suite, The title derives from the first names of its dedicatees, Gola and Don Martin-Smith.. Daniel Pailthorpe (fl), Annemarie Sand (mezzo), Robert Max (vlc), Michael Bochmann (vln), James Kirby (pno), Frederick Stocken (pno), Bochmann Quartet. Chandos CHAN 10322.

MAXWELL: String Sextet From Tree to Tree–; Three Pieces for solo clarinet; Pelagos for string trio, , ; Songlines and Cadences, Or indeed, from the opposite Pole, Maxwell Davies’s Antarctic Symphony.. BAINBRIDGE: Music for Mel and NoraThe first being the Piano Concerto No. 1 (1997). Chin is working on a Cello Concerto currently for a première next year., See Tempo Vol.60 No.235, pp.68–69, for a review – Ed.. BIRTWISTLE 9 Orpheus Elegies, 11, 12. SUNGJI HONG Sonata da Chiesa I The Annunciation13. SAXTON …from a distant shore…. Clio Gould (vln), Hannah Perowne (vln), Catherine Bullock (vla), Rose Redgrave (vla), Jonathan Ayling (vlc), Susie Winkworth (vlc), Nicholas Rodwell (cl), Hugh Webb (hp), Melinda Maxwell (ob), Michael Dussek (pno), 11Helen Tunstall (hp), 12Andrew Watts (counterten), 13Richard Benjafield (perc). Dutton CDLX 7139.

PAREDES: Uy U T’an; Cotidales, ; Ah Paaxo’ob; Can Silim Tun, . Arditti String Quartet,Ian Pace (pno), Ensemble Modern c. Stefan Astbury, Die Neue Vokalsolisten Stuttgart. Mode 149.

REHNQVIST: On a Distant Shore, , ; Beginning; Arktis Arktis!, ; I Himmelen. Martin Fröst (cl), Swedish CO c. Petter Sundkvist, John Storgårds, Kungsbacka Piano Trio, Adolf Fredrik’s Girls Choir c. Bo Johansson. BIS CD-1396.

THOMPSON: New Nation Rising: A 21stCentury Symphony. Maria Awa, Mark De-Lisser, Nicholas Sherwood, Jennifer Moore, Georgina Clarke (voc), Nolan Weekes (rapper), Justin Pickett (drums), Westminster Voices, Dhol Academy, RPO c. Shirley J Thompson. RPO SP001.

TOWER: In Memory; Big Sky; Wild Purple; No Longer Very Clear; Island Prelude. Tokyo String Quartet. Chee Yun (vln), André Emelianoff (vlc), Joan Tower (pno), Paul Neubauer (vla), Ursula Oppens, Melvin Chen (pnos), Richard Woodhams (ob). Naxos 8.559215.

UNSUK CHIN: Acrostic-Wordplay, ; Fantaisie mécanique; Xi; Double Concerto, , . Piia Komsi (sop), Dimitri Vassilakis (pno), Samuel Favre (perc), Ensemble Intercontemporain c. Kazushi Ono, Patrick Davin, David Robertson, Stefan Asbury. Deutsche Grammophon 00289 477 5118.

ZWILICH: Violin Concerto; Rituals. Pamela Frank (vn), Saarbrücken RSO c. Michael Stern, Nexus, Irish CO c. Michael Stern. Naxos 8.559268.

London, RCM: Joseph Horovitz 80th Birthday Concert

Wandsworth, National Opera Studio: Will Todd's ‘The Woodlanders’

London, Royal College of Music: Adès and Hesketh London premières

A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square: Sadie Harrison’s ‘an angel reads my open book’

London, Leighton House: piano music of Peter Feuchtwanger

ORPHEUS TRUST: Killed or expelled - will they now be forgotten?