Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

Featuring

Rumon Gamba
Juliana Koch
BBC Philharmonic
Ruth Gipps

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Composer Biography

Ruth Gipps founded the London Repertoire Orchestra in 1955 to provide experience for newly trained student players and to program neglected works.

Composer Biography

Ruth Gipps studied with notable composers Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob, and also studied oboe with Leon Goossens at the Royal College of Music.

Performer Biography

Juliana Koch, the oboist on this recording, was appointed Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music, London, in 2018 and is the Principal Oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Composer Biography

Ruth Gipps (1921–1999) was encouraged by her ambitious pianist mother and appeared locally as a prodigy pianist in Bexhill-on-Sea, England.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Ruth Gipps, who generally disliked descriptive program notes, described her Third Symphony as having "tonality rather than key" and emphasized the emotional response of the orchestra and audience.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Ruth Gipps believed her best works were for orchestra and eventually composed five symphonies.

Historical Context

During wartime, Ruth Gipps joined the City of Birmingham Orchestra, doubling oboe and cor anglais, an opportunity likely only available due to wartime conditions in all-male orchestras.