any of you may be reading this just before the Last Night of the Proms, so it’s perhaps fitting that, but there’s thoroughly English music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Frank Bridge, Howard Skempton, Ruth Gipps and Richard Arnell. And what could be more patriotic than some , even if they were written by a German-born composer? Beyond that, we’ve some fascinating wartime recordings in our Historical round-up, plus live recordings of Vaughan Williams, Mozart and Beethoven.
