Dace Ruklisa

New in this issue is the first of what is intended to be a series of ‘Meet the committee’ interviews. e featured interviewee is Jill House, a loyal and long-standing member of the Club and committee, and a singer of remarkable versatility. Other items include reviews of last season’s CMC concerts and of a seminar at the Institute of Musical Resear; articles on two of ’s anniversary composers, Riard Strauss (b.), who will be celebrated in a forthcoming CMC concert, and Andrzej Panufnik (b.); an introduction to the eighteenth-century composer omas Arne in the context of his own and later times; a note on the intriguing Swedish composer Franz Berwald; and an article ‘Composers on composers’ looking at some of the ways composers have paid homage to one another in their music. We hope you find it a ‘good read’.