Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Gilbert
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Compositional Technique
Gilbert's personal working methods include treating twelve-note series with permutations like English change-ringing, using rhythmic cycles from Indian classical music, and deriving procedures from birdsong.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Gilbert's expressive intentions draw on a wide range of sources, including literature, different cultures, and the natural world, often overlapping.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Australia has been a significant source of inspiration for Gilbert, particularly its bird life, leading him to explore birdsong for generating rhythms and harmonies.
Composer Biography
Anthony Gilbert was a relative latecomer to composition, not starting to study until he was 19 and beginning formal composition studies at 23.
Composer Biography
Anthony Gilbert, the composer, taught composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester from its founding in 1973 until his retirement in 1999.
Recording & Production
NMC Recordings is a charitable company, established by the Holst Foundation for recording contemporary music, and receives funding from the Britten-Pears Foundation and Arts Council England.
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