Robert Simpson
Born: 2nd March 1921, Royal Leamington Spa, England
Died: 21st November 1997, Trelee, Ireland
Nationality: English
Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson was an English composer, as well as a long-serving BBC producer and broadcaster.
He is best known for his orchestral and chamber music (particularly those in the key classical forms: 11 symphonies and 15 string quartets), and for his writings on the music of Beethoven, Bruckner, Nielsen and Sibelius. He studied composition under Herbert Howells. Remarkably for a living contemporary composer, a Robert Simpson Society was formed in 1980 by individuals concerned that Simpson's music had been unfairly neglected. The society aims to bring Simpson's music to a wider public by sponsoring recordings and live performances of his work, by issuing a journal and other publications, and by maintaining an archive of material relating to the composer.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simpson_(composer)
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- Variations and Finale on a theme by Beethoven (1)
- Canzona for brass (2)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1)
- Energy (3)
- Eppur si muove for organ (1)
- In media morte vita sumus (1)
- Introduction and Allegro on a Bass by Max Reger (1)
- Michael Tippett, His Mystery (1)
- Quartet for Horn, Violin, Cello & Piano (1)
- Quintet for Clarinet & Strings (2)
- Quintet for Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & String Trio (1)
- Sonata for Piano (1)
- Sonata for Violin & Piano (1)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1)
- String Quartet No. 3 (1)
- String Quartet No. 3: Allegro deciso (1)
- String Quartet No. 4 (1)
- String Quartet No. 5 (1)
- String Quartet No. 6 (1)
- String Quartet No. 7 (1)
- String Quartet No. 8 (1)
- String Quartet No. 9 (1)
- String Quartet No. 10 'for peace' (1)
- String Quartet No. 11 (1)
- String Quartet No. 12 (1)
- String Quartet No. 13 (1)
- String Quartet No. 14 (1)
- String Quartet No. 15 (1)
- String Quintet (1)
- String Quintet No. 2 (1)
- String Trio (1)
- Symphony No. 1 (1)
- Symphony No. 2 (2)
- Symphony No. 3 (4)
- Symphony No. 4 (2)
- Symphony No. 5 (2)
- Symphony No. 6 (2)
- Symphony No. 7 (1)
- Symphony No. 8 (1)
- Symphony No. 9 (1)
- Symphony No. 10 (1)
- Symphony No. 11 (1)
- Tempi (1)
- The Four Temperaments (1)
- Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano (1)
- Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano (1)
- Variations and Finale on a theme of Haydn (1)
- Variations on a theme by Carl Nielsen (1)
- Volcano (3)
- Vortex (1)
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