EMRecords has produced a CD of English piano music played by Duncan Honeybourne (CD070-71) which includes previously unpublished music by Gibbs: Essex Rhapsody, written in 1921, and Ballade in Dflat, […]
Odysseus
Odysseus, Gibbs’ second Symphony, written in 1938, postponed from a premier at the Proms because of outbreak of war and last year because of the pandemic, is to be performed […]
Odysseus
This evening would have been the long awaited Choral production of Odysseus at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester, which has had to be postponed until next year. Let us […]
Three Choirs Festival
The Three Choirs Festival has been postponed until 2021. The irony is that Odysseus will have to be postponed yet again, just as it’s first performance was cancelled because of […]
Dale and Fell – Threnody for Walter de la Mare, and Suite for Strings
Listening to BBC Radio 3 yesterday morning, I was moved to contact them to suggest CAG’s Threnody for Walter de la Mare from his Dale and Fell for Strings played […]
New Secretary for AGS.
Welcome to my sister, Clare, who takes over from me as the new Secretary for the AGS, and I take on her role as Vice Chair. Please contact her with […]
ODYSSEUS
STOP PRESS: Gibbs’ choral symphony Odysseus will be performed in Worcester Cathedral on July 29th 2020 as part of the Three Choirs Festival with the Festival Chorus and Philarmonia orchestra. […]
AGM
This year’s AGM for the Armstrong Gibbs Society will be held near Malvern on Saturday April 18th at 12pm. It will be at the home of our Chair, Jane Hill, […]