Appreciation by Mary Whittaker

Paul is currently researching the life & works of this composer, who, despite being Master of the Queen’s Musick for a couple of decades is now remembered chiefly for dramatic titles to his early compositions, e.g. The Colour Symphony, and his works for Brass bands. Paul’s talk was extremely informative, and was illustrated by many recordings – some not widely available. By the end of the evening we had all discovered that Bliss was a versatile and approachable composer, well worth exploring further.