Articles
Articles labelled 'LBSJ' were first published in the Lennox Berkeley Society Journal.
Aubert Lemeland and Lennox Berkeley
Allan Clive Jones remembers French composer Aubert Lemeland and his admiration of Lennox Berkeley’s music. (LBSJ 2023)
The John Wilson Effect
Adam Pounds on the musical touch of conductor John Wilson in his recording of Berkeley’s ‘Divertimento’ and Pounds’ ‘Symphony No. 3’ with the Sinfonia of London. (LBSJ 2023)
Lennox Berkeley and the guitar
Guitarist Declan Hickey salutes Berkeley’s guitar repertoire, in particular the 'Songs of the Half-Light'. (LBSJ 2023)
Lennox Berkeley's family links with Leopold 1 of the Belgians – and the film 'The First Gentleman'
>Tony Scotland traces Lennox Berkeley’s family links with the Belgian royal family, and the story of the film, ‘The First Gentleman’. (LBSJ 2023)
Robin Tritschler on Lennox Berkeley's 'Five Housman Songs'
The tenor Robin Tritschler, who has just made the first complete recording of Berkeley’s ‘Five Housman Songs’, explores the complex emotional relationships that lie at the work’s heart, and analyses each of the five poems in the set. (LBSJ 2023)
Lennox Berkeley's ‘Gibbons Variations’ revived by London Choral Sinfonia
Conductor David Wordsworth writes about Lennox Berkeley’s ‘Gibbons Variations’, and its first-ever recording by the London Choral Sinfonia. (LBSJ 2023)
Lennox Berkeley in Paris 1979
Allan Clive Jones introduces a Radio France archive about Lennox Berkeley’s brief return to Paris at the end of his life. (LBSJ 2023)
Peter Dickinson reviews the legacy of Lennox Berkeley
A personal selection of Lennox Berkeley's life work by Peter Dickinson, composer, pianist and biographer. (LBSJ 2023)
Julian Berkeley on Lennox Berkeley's 'Missa Brevis'
Julian Berkeley recalls the first performance of Berkeley's 'Missa Brevis' at Westminster Cathedral in 1960 – and the recent discovery of a BBC live recording. (LBSJ 2023)
Contrasting choral settings of the 'Stabat Mater' by Lennox Berkeley and Francis Poulenc
Conductor Peter Broadbent analyses settings of the 'Stabat Mater' by Francis Poulenc and Lennox Berkeley – and finds reflections of their personalities and faith. (LBSJ 2022)
Composer Christopher Brown on Lennox Berkeley as teacher
Composer Christopher Brown, a student of Lennox Berkeley, writes about his teacher’s music and teaching methods – and the influence of Bach on both of them. (LBSJ 2022)
Jennifer Bate on Lennox Berkeley’s Organ Works
Organist Jennifer Bate recalls her first meeting with the composer Lennox Berkeley. (LBSJ 2022)
Lennox Berkeley's Oboe Quartet
The music writer John France finds reflection, angst and excitement in Lennox Berkeley’s Oboe Quartet of 1967. (LBSJ 2022)
Lennox Berkeley in 1938 writes to his aunt in Brussels about Benjamin Britten and impending war
Tony Scotland disovers a letter which Lennox Berkeley wrote to his aunt Anna, baronne d’Eppinghoven, in Brussels, about Benjamin Britten, his music and the war. (LBSJ 2022)
Lennox Berkeley operas on CD
Tony Scotland on the BBC recordings of Lennox Berkeley's grand opera 'Nelson' and his three one-acters, newly released by Nimbus. (LBSJ 2021)
Choral Suite Lennox Berkeley's opera 'Nelson'
Pianist/conductor David Wordsworth writes about his planned suite of choruses from Lennox Berkeley’s opera 'Nelson'. (LBSJ 2021)
Lennox Berkeley's setting of 'Gibbons Variations' for choir and orchestra
Conductor Michael Waldron revives Lennox Berkeley's choral masterpiece the 'Gibbons Variations'. (LBSJ 2021)
Lennox Berkeley's choral setting of John Donne's 'Legacie'
Chester Music publish Lennox Berkeley's choral setting of John's Donne's love poem 'Legacie'. (LBSJ 2021)
Christopher Daly tribute to Julian Bream
Guitar teacher Christopher Daly on Julian Bream as musician and guitar. (LBSJ 2021)
Michael Berkeley's tribute to Julian Bream
Composer Michael Berkeley remembers Julian Bream. (LBSJ 2021)
Lennox Berkeley's guitar collaborator Julian Bream
Guitar teacher Roland Gallery on Julian Bream's collaboration with Lennox Berkeley. (LBSJ 2021)
Lennox Berkeley's neglected 'Piano Concerto'
John France champions one of Lennox Berkeley's hidden treasures, the 'Piano Concerto'. (LBSJ 2021)
An American perspective on Lennox Berkeley
Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal discovers Lennox Berkeley. (LBSJ 2021)
Sheet music of neglected keyboard pieces free online
William Wynne Willson's archive of sheet music for the keyboard available free online. (LBSJ 2021)
Lennox Berkeley concert in Minneapolis 1976
American choral conductor Philip Brunelle meets Lennox Berkeley at the University of Minnesota 1976. (LBSJ 2021)
Lennox Berkeley celebration Merton College Oxford 2019
A celebration of Lennox Berkeley's years at Merton College in the Twenties with a talk by Selina Hastings, an address by his biographer Tony Scotland and an Evensong of his music. (LBSJ 2020)
Selina Hastings on Lennox Berkeley at Oxford in the Brideshead years
Selina Hastings, biographer of Evelyn Waugh, gives a talk at Merton College in 2019, about Berkeley's years at Oxford in the Roaring Twenties. (LBSJ 2020)
Tony Scotland on the faith in Lennox Berkeley’s music
In the Chapel of Lennox Berkeley's alma mater, Merton College, Oxford, Tony Scotland talks about Berkeley's faith and the way it is reflected in his music and that of his friends Ravel, Stravinsky and Poulenc. (LBSJ 2020)
Lennox Berkeley and the nocturne
Rob Barnett explores Lennox Berkeley's 'Nocturne' and his recurring use of night music. (LBSJ 2020)
Lennox Berkeley’s recorder pieces premiered in Aldeburgh
Composer David Matthews, biographer of Britten, reviews Lennox Berkeley's recorder premieres at the Red House in 2020. (LBSJ 2020)
Quad speakers at the Red House for a Berkeley concert
Audio designer Rupert Robertson offers a personal view of a concert of recorder music by Lennox Berkeley in Aldeburgh 2020. (LBSJ 2020)
Lennox Berkeley and Leonard Bernstein operas at the RCM
Julian Berkeley writes about a double bill at the Royal College of Music in 2020. (LBSJ 2020)
Lennox Berkeley’s opera ‘A Dinner Engagement’ on tour in Lincolnshire
Pianist and broadcaster Paul Guinery writes about accompanying the New London Opera Group in Berkeley's one-act comic favourite. (LBSJ 2020)
Lennox Berkeley at the Proms in 1973
John France examines the reception of Lennox Berkeley's 'Symphony No 3' and 'Sinfonia Concertante' at the Proms in 1973. (LBSJ 2020)
Lennox Berkeley’s Music for a Prince
Tony Scotland on Lennox Berkeley's 'Andantino' for Cello and Piano, written for King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales. (LBSJ 2020)
Lennox Berkeley 'Symphony No 3' premiere Cheltenham 1969
John France on the première of Lennox Berkeley's 'Symphony No. 3' in Cheltenham 1969, with contemporary reviews and his own commentary. (February 2019)
Lennox Berkeley unfinished opera 'Faldon Park'
Handel scholar Winton Dean, librettist of Lennox Berkeley's opera 'Faldon Park', tells the story of why it was never finished. (September 2014)
Lennox Berkeley Guitar Sonatina best recordings
Christopher Daly recommends the best recordings of Berkeley's guitar Sonatina (op. 52 no. 1). (June 2013)
Lennox Berkeley orchestral works
Conductor/composer Adam Pounds recommends two of Lennox Berkeley’s best orchestral works,'Divertimento' and 'Mont Juic'. (2012)