Richard Rodney Bennett
Born: 29th March 1936, Broadstairs, England
Died: 24th December 2012, New York
Nationality: English
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was an English composer and pianist. He was noted for his musical versatility, drawing from such sources as jazz, romanticism, and avant-garde; and for his use of twelve-tone technique and serialism. His body of work included over 200 concert works and 50 scores for film and television. He was also active in jazz, as a composer, a pianist, and an occasional vocalist.
For his scoring work, Bennett was nominated for a total of 10 BAFTA Awards, winning once for Best Original Music for the film Murder on the Orient Express (1974).
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English Song Recitals from Robin Tritschler and James Gilchrist
21st Jun 2024
Tritschler joins forces with Malcolm Martineau, Sean Shibe and Philip Higham to pay tribute to Peter Pears on Signum, whilst Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook bring unaffected eloquence to a collection of songs by Roger Quilter on Chandos.
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Robin Tritschler on Songs for Peter Pears
18th Jun 2024
The Irish tenor discusses his tribute to Peter Pears (released last Friday on Signum Classics), which includes song-cycles by Lennox Berkeley, Geoffrey Bush, Arthur Oldham, and of course Pears's life-partner Benjamin Britten.
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Popular Works: Bennett, R R
- A Good-night (6)
- A History of the Thé Dansant (3)
- A Song at Evening (4)
- A Week of Birthdays (3)
- Barcarolle for piano (6)
- Carols (5) (6)
- Cello Sonata (3)
- Concerto for Stan Getz (4)
- Dream-Song (3)
- Duo Concertante (3)
- Five Impromptus (8)
- In the bleak midwinter (3)
- Love Scene from 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' (4)
- Lullay Mine Liking (3)
- Missa Brevis (4)
- Morning Music (3)
- Murder on the Orient Express (7)
- Murder on the Orient Express: Overture (3)
- Murder on the Orient Express: Theme & Waltz (4)
- Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz (4)
- Out of your sleep (15)
- Partridge Pie (3)
- Puer Nobis (8)
- Reflections on a Sixteenth Century Tune (6)
- Sea Change (3)
- Sonata after Syrinx (3)
- Songs before Sleep (4)
- Suite for Skip & Sadie, for piano 4 hands (5)
- Summer Music (6)
- Susanni (6)
- Sweet was the song (4)
- Taking a line for a walk (5)
- That younge child (4)
- The Four Seasons (3)
- The Insect World (3)
- There is no rose (4)
- Tom O’Bedlam’s Song (3)
- Trumpet Concerto (3)
- Verses (4)
- What Sweeter Music (5)
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