Arthur Seymour Sullivan (Composer)
Born: 13th May 1842, London
Died: 22nd November 1900, London
Nationality: English
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO was an English composer. He is best known for 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. His hymns and songs include "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord".
The son of a military bandmaster, Sullivan composed his first anthem at the age of eight and was later a soloist in the boys' choir of the Chapel Royal.
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Interview,
John Andrews on Arthur Sullivan's The Light of the World
The conductor talks to Katherine about the world premiere recording of Sullivan's 1873 oratorio on the life of Christ, which was released last month on Dutton.
Recording of the Week,
Richard Egarr conducts Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore
Katherine enjoys a new recording of a well-loved light-opera classic, with Richard Egarr and Scottish Opera (and featuring Tim Brooke-Taylor!)
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Popular Works: Sullivan, A
- Cox and Box (3)
- HMS Pinafore (11)
- HMS Pinafore: Overture (11)
- Iolanthe (7)
- Iolanthe Overture (9)
- It came upon the midnight clear (7)
- L'Île Enchantée (4)
- Macbeth (4)
- Macbeth Overture (6)
- My Dearest Heart (3)
- Onward! Christian soldiers (St Gertrude) (17)
- Orpheus with his Lute (8)
- Overture 'In Memoriam' (4)
- Overture di Ballo (12)
- Patience (5)
- Patience Overture (5)
- Pineapple Poll (9)
- Pineapple Poll Suite (7)
- Princess Ida (3)
- Princess Ida Overture (5)
- Ruddigore (3)
- Symphony in E major 'Irish' (4)
- The flowers that bloom in the spring (from The Mikado) (4)
- The Gondoliers (7)
- The Gondoliers Overture (6)
- The long day closes (19)
- The Lost Chord (43)
- The Mikado (17)
- The Mikado Overture (9)
- The Mikado: extracts (6)
- The Pirates of Penzance (7)
- The Pirates of Penzance: Overture (11)
- The Sorcerer (3)
- The Sorcerer Overture (5)
- The Sun Whose Rays (from The Mikado) (4)
- The Yeomen of the Guard (5)
- The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture (13)
- Three little maids (from The Mikado) (5)
- Trial by Jury (7)
- Victoria and Merrie England (5)
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