John Gardner, born in 1917, had his international reputation launched in 1951 when Sir John Barbirolli and the Hallé Orchestra premiered his First Symphony.
Composer Biography
Stephen Dodgson, born in 1924, taught theory and composition at the Royal College of Music for many decades and worked regularly for the BBC as a broadcaster and writer.
Composition History
Nicholas Maw's Sinfonia (1966) was commissioned by The Aspern Trust for the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, which premiered it in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Performer Biography
The Philip Jones Brass Quartet's premiere of Gardner's Theme and Variations was the first 20th-century music ever broadcast by the newly-formed quartet.
Composition History
John Gardner's Theme and Variations for Brass Quartet was written for the Philip Jones Brass Quartet, who gave its first performance in a 1952 BBC broadcast.
Composer Biography
Nicholas Maw, born in 1935, studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later in Paris with notable figures like Nadia Boulanger.
Composer Biography
John Addison, born in 1920, is perhaps best known for his film scores, including an Oscar for Tom Jones (1963) and an Emmy for the theme to Murder, She Wrote.
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