Harrison Birtwistle
The best living composers
We asked 174 composers to select their greatest composers of all time. These three came out on top as the best composers still alive today
Harrison Birtwistle: the best recordings
With a catalogue of works that combine a modernist aesthetic with ancient mythology, Harrison Birtwistle is one of Britain's foremost contemporary composers. Here, we name some of the best recordings of his music
What was The Manchester School and which composers were involved?
In the 1950s, a group of rebellious composers formed a group known as 'New Music Manchester', which helped change the face of British music