This website is dedicated to the collection, preservation, archiving and sharing of material connected to the musical legacy of Martindale Sidwell and his wife Barbara. The reunion in April 2009 of singers, organists, clergy and musicians associated with Martin and Barbara during their years at Hampstead and later at St. Clement Danes demonstrated the strength and depth of that legacy and the desire to ensure its survival and documentation. If you have material. memories or reminiscences please share them with us by contacting us using the e mail link below.

News
We have now gained access to a considerable collection of tape recordings which are being transcribed at the moment. These will appear on this page as an announcement and and on the relevant web page as when they are completed. The first of these is a recital by the Oriana Trio, and the recordings can be found on the Barbara Sidwell concerts and recordings page of the website. There is also a very fine recording of the Stanford evening service in G by Hampstead Parish Chuch Choir from 1975 to be found on their page. Also new on this page is a recording of three treble solo pieces sung by Sebastian Forbes with Martin's organ accompaniment recorded in 1955.

Work on these tapes is beginning to bear fruit and a tape has surfaced of a performance of St. Nicholas given in Hampstead Parish Church in or about 1960. It is sadly missing the final two movements but is distinguished by a fine performance of the title role by Peter Pears. When editing is complete it will be posted on the Hampstead Choral Society page for listening on line or downloading as an MP3. It has also yielded a good example of Martindale Sidwell's dry and often wicked wit. When asked to request that certain parked cars be moved he cannot resist adding an aside of his own.

We are also proud to announce that an edited edition of Martindale Sidwell's Festal Jubilate in C minor can now be downloaded from the MS compostions page.