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On 15th March, the RWCMD put on a concert of Dodgson guitar and woodwind chamber and solo works. It was wonderful to hear the pieces come off the page and very exciting to hear this talented group of young musicians taking real risks with the music and finding many layers of nuance.

The intimate one-hour concert from award-winning guitarist Jack Hancher took us through a series of guitar pieces by Dowland, Ravel and his pupil Jose, Mompou, Albeniz and Debussy and the two famous Gymnopedies by Satie. Dodgson’s Etudes were beautiful and introspective with a degree of unease, and piqued my curiosity to discover more of them.

In a concert that might well have been entitled ‘Fairy Tale and Whimsy’ Nick Daniel and friends brought together fairy-tale themes and works with childish appeal including Stephen Dodgson's Flood and The Old Cigarette Lighter – which certainly appealed to the inner child within many of the adult audience too.

An inside perspective – a brief reflection performing the Bach and Dodgson Magnificats at the sold-out opening night of the Barnes Music Festival.

Revealing another side to Stephen Dodgson – a passionate army historian who was published in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research.

We're delighted to announced the forthcoming publication of Born by the Thames: Stephen Dodgson – A Centenary Celebration – out on 17th March.

The 'piece is packed full of word painting' and 'was so much fun to sing' and for several audience members it was 'their favourite piece in the programme'. Emma Warren describes discovering and performing Stephen Dodgson’s 'The Running Carol' and 'Falan-Tiding' with her choir Inchant.

We're delighted to announce the release of Vol. 2 of Stephen Dodgson's solo songs: The Distances Between. The album includes 17 first recordings and marks the 10th anniversary of his death, performed by Ailish Tynan, Katie Bray, Marcus Farnsworth, Christopher Glynn, Mark Eden and Ian Wilson.

This is a triumph for Somm and, for all those who wish to seek out of the way English song, this is for you.