John McCabe
Born: 21st April 1939, Huyton, England
Died: 13th February 2015, London, England
Nationality: English
John McCabe was a British composer and pianist. He created works in many different forms, including symphonies, ballets, and solo works for the piano. He served as director of the London College of Music from 1983 to 1990. Guy Rickards praised him as "one of Britain's finest composers in the past half-century" and "a pianist of formidable gifts and wide-ranging sympathies".
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John McCabe (1939-2015)
17th Feb 2015
David remembers the English composer-pianist, who has died aged 75.
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- A Cat (1)
- Aubade (Study No. 4) (3)
- Bagatelles (3)
- Basse Danse (2)
- Canyons (3)
- Capriccio (Study No. 1) (2)
- Caravan for string orchestra (2)
- Cloudcatcher Fells (4)
- Dies Resurrectionis (3)
- Evening Harmonies (Study No. 7) (1)
- Fantasy on a Theme of Liszt (3)
- Gaudi (Study No. 3) (3)
- Gwaithla Brook (from Two Gladestry Quatrains) (1)
- Haydn Variations (2)
- Intermezzi (1)
- Mary Laid her Child (2)
- Maze Dances(1973) for solo violin (1)
- Meditation on a Norfolk Ballad (2)
- Mosaic (Study No. 6) (2)
- Notturni ed Alba (2)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 (2)
- Rainforest I for chamber ensemble (2)
- Rainforest II for trumpet & strings (2)
- Salamander (3)
- Scenes in America Deserta (3)
- Scrunch (Study No. 8) (1)
- Siberia (2)
- Sonata for clarinet, cello and piano (2)
- Sostenuto (Study No. 2) (2)
- Spielend (2)
- Star Preludes (1978 for violin and piano (1)
- String Quartet No. 2 (2)
- String Trio (2)
- Symphony No. 2 (3)
- Tenebrae (2)
- The Last and Greatest Herald (2)
- Three pieces for Clarinet and Piano (2)
- Variations (3)
- Visions (2)
- Woefully arrayed (2)
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New. John McCabe: Symphonies 2 & 3 and Cello Concerto
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
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John McCabe: Of Time and the River
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John McCabe (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, John Snashall
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Metamorphosis
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