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Christopher Gunning: Symphonies 6 & 7, Night Voyage

2/5/2021, 3 Tracks, 1:03:14

Featuring

  • Christopher Gunning
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Performer Biography

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's community and education program, RPO Resound, celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2018, taking music to various communities.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Christopher Gunning's career spans 50 years, during which he has won 4 BAFTA and 3 Ivor Novello Awards, and BASCA's prestigious Gold Badge Award.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Christopher Gunning aims to connect with his audience, and believes his desire to write the way he does might be connected to his history of film and TV drama scores.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) has been a leading UK music-making institution for over seven decades, with its home base at London's Cadogan Hall since 2004.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Christopher Gunning's Symphony No. 6 is structured as a single continuous span incorporating several sub-sections, a form he also used in his 1st, 3rd, and 4th symphonies.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Christopher Gunning, the composer, has written twelve symphonies and numerous concertos, in addition to many scores for films and television dramas.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Christopher Gunning's Symphony No. 7 is continuous and divided into six main sections, or 'phases,' all based on a rising whole-tone scale heard at the beginning.

Source: Booklet

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