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 (2)
- Aubade (Study No. 4) (3)
- Bagatelles (3)
- Basse Danse (2)
- Canyons (3)
- Capriccio (Study No. 1) (2)
- Cefn hir (1)
- Cloudcatcher Fells (4)
- Concerto Funebre (2)
- Desert IV: Vista (2)
- Dies Resurrectionis (2)
- 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 (3)
- Mosaic (Study No. 6) (2)
- Notturni ed Alba (2)
- Requiem Sequence (2)
- Salamander (4)
- Scenes in America Deserta (3)
- Scrunch (Study No. 8) (1)
- Siberia (3)
- Sonata for clarinet, cello and piano (2)
- Sostenuto (Study No. 2) (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)
- Two Latin Elegies (1)
- Upon Entering a Painting (1)
- Variations (3)
- Visions (3)
- Woefully arrayed (2)
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John McCabe: Symphonies 2 & 3 and Cello Concerto
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The Silver Stars at Play: Contemporary Christmas Carols
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Metamorphosis
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