IDAGIO | Luytens: Quincunx - And Suddenly It's Evening - Bedford: Music for Albion Moonlight 5020926026521

Featuring

John Shirley-Quirk
Josephine Nendick
Norman del Mar
Herbert Handt
Jane Manning
John Carewe

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elisabeth Lutyens
David Bedford

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Composer's Artistic Vision

David Bedford has a strong interest in composing for educational purposes, creating works that encourage students to create their own music with professional orchestras.

Compositional Technique

Elisabeth Lutyens's Quincunx is structured around five tutti sections for orchestra, enclosing four segments for single instrumental groups: woodwind, strings, percussion, and brass.

Composition History

Elisabeth Lutyens's And Suddenly It's Evening was a prestigious commission for the inaugural concert of the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1967.

Composer Biography

Elisabeth Lutyens was a prolific composer who also worked on film scores, including for Hammer and Amicus film companies, often creating distinctive textures with reduced forces.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Elisabeth Lutyens developed a personal brand of serialism after being influenced by Purcell's part writing and Anton von Webern's cantata Das Augenlicht.

Composer Biography

Elisabeth Lutyens, a pioneer in British music, was the fourth of five children of the distinguished architect Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Composer Biography

David Bedford, a composer on this album, played keyboards with Kevin Ayers' cult band The Whole World and collaborated with rock musicians like Mike Oldfield.