Alec Roth
Born: 1st February 1948, North West of England
Nationality: English
Alec Roth is an English composer. He is best known for his collaboration with Vikram Seth to produce the opera Arion and the Dolphin in 1994 based on the myth of Arion.
Roth studied music from 1976 as a mature student at Durham University, having previously completed a science degree at the University of Nottingham. He earned a doctorate from Durham in 1986. His thesis was entitled New composition for Javanese gamelan.
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Owain Park on Radiant Dawn
15th Dec 2025
The director of The Gesualdo Six talks about the group's new album, which sees them collaborating with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd.
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The Allegri Quartet play quartets by Alec Roth
23rd May 2016
David talks to Richard Thomas about his newly-commissioned recording of string quartets by British composer Alec Roth.
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- Magnificat and Nunc dimittis 'Hatfield Service' (1)
- Men and Angels (2)
- A Fine Lady (2)
- A Road Less Travelled (1)
- A Time to Dance (1)
- An Autumn Meditation (1)
- Autumnal (1)
- Ballad of the Army Carts (1)
- Bone Palace Ballet (1)
- Canción de la Luna (1)
- Cat Dances (1)
- Chinese Gardens (1)
- Danza de la Luna (1)
- Dark Night (1)
- Dreaming of Li Bai (1)
- Earth and Sky (1)
- Earthrise (1)
- El Frijolito Brincador (1)
- English Folk Songs (5) (1)
- Epilogue: Child of son (1)
- From California (1)
- Grieving for the Young Prince (1)
- Hymn to Gaia (1)
- Invocation (1)
- Jubilate (1)
- Lights Out (1)
- Moonlit Night (1)
- My Lute and I (1)
- Night Prayer (2)
- Night Songs (3) (1)
- Other Earths and Skies (1)
- Ponticelli (1)
- Quintet for Guitar and Strings (1)
- Romantic Residues (1)
- Shared Ground (1)
- Sol justitiae (2)
- Song of the Shepherds (1)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1)
- String Quartet No. 3 ‘Autumnal’ (1)
- String Quartet No. 4 ‘On Malvern Hills’ (1)
- The Flower (2)
- The Garden Path (1)
- The Old Cypress Tree at the Temple of Zhu-ge Liang (1)
- The Traveller (1)
- The Unicorn in the Garden (1)
- The Visitor (1)
- Thoughts while Travelling at Night (1)
- Unborn: A Processional Introit (1)
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