A MUSICAL WALMART
Your leader (A DISCORDANT SONG, APRIL) on the dismal condition of British music is timely. The late John McCabe and I were recently singled out by Private Eye’s columnist, the great Lunchtime O’Booze, as examples of composers who have been dropped by Radio 3 as being too difficult and uncompromising — and perhaps also too white & male — for today’s listeners.
Melvyn Bragg’s recent remarks in the House of
