Stanford became Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music in 1883, where his students included notable composers like Bridge, Butterworth, Moeran, and Vaughan Williams.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Stanford adhered to the classical, four-movement symphonic design, preferring it over more fantasia-like ingenuity, while still employing subtle movement forms and resourceful orchestration.
Composer Biography
Sir Charles Stanford, born in Dublin in 1852, laid the groundwork for a musical renaissance in Britain as both a composer and teacher.
Composer Biography
As organist at Trinity College, Cambridge, Stanford galvanized the University Music Society by arranging British premieres of works by Brahms and attracting artists like conductor Hans Richter and violinist Josef Joachim.
Performer Biography
David Lloyd-Jones's highly acclaimed cycle of Bax's symphonies and tone poems for Naxos received The Gramophone Award.
Performer Biography
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1893, is internationally known through over three hundred recordings, including several award-winning Naxos releases.
Performer Biography
David Lloyd-Jones, the conductor on this album, founded Opera North in 1978 and conducted fifty different new productions during his twelve seasons with the company.
