Ruth Gipps's tone poem 'Knight in Armour' was conducted by Sir Henry Wood at the last night of the 1942 Proms, signaling her emergence as a talented new voice.
Composer Biography
Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) was a child prodigy pianist who entered the Royal College of Music in 1937, studying composition with Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob.
Composition History
Ruth Gipps's Symphony No. 2 was conceived in three sections to represent her life before the war, the outbreak of war and its consequences, and her husband Robert Baker's homecoming.
Composer Biography
Ruth Gipps was a versatile musician who played oboe and cor anglais in the City of Birmingham Orchestra and performed as a piano soloist in the same concert where her Symphony No. 1 premiered.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ruth Gipps's 'Knight in Armour' is a symphonic poem based on Rembrandt's painting 'The Young Warrior', with the trumpet representing the knight and an oboe-cor anglais duet depicting Sir Lancelot's love for Guinevere.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ruth Gipps was outspoken in her opposition to serial and avant-garde music, finding such styles outside her experience.
Composer Biography
Ruth Gipps founded the London Repertoire Orchestra in 1955, providing opportunities for students and amateurs to perform a wide range of repertoire and give regular concerts for thirty-one years.
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