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Alan Dudley Bush
Born: 22nd December 1900, London, England
Died: 31st October 1995, London, England
Nationality: English
Alan Dudley Bush was a British composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and political activist. A committed communist, his uncompromising political beliefs were often reflected in his music. He composed prolifically across a range of genres but struggled through his lifetime for recognition from the British musical establishment, which largely ignored his works.
From a prosperous middle-class background, Bush enjoyed considerable success as a student at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in the early 1920s and spent much of the decade furthering his compositional and piano-playing skills under distinguished tutors. A two-year period in Berlin from 1929 to 1931, early in the Nazi Party's rise to power, cemented Bush's political convictions and moved him from the mainstream Labour Party to the Communist Party of Great Britain, which he joined in 1935.
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Overtures from the British Isles Vol. 3
30th Jan 2026
Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic lead a whistle-stop tour through the highways and byways of British music around the time of World War Two, taking in works by composers including Havergal Brian, Daniel Jones, Richard Arnell and Robin Orr.
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- Africa - Symphonic Movement for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73 (1)
- Air, from Suite, Op. 54 (1)
- Autumn Poem, Op. 45 (1)
- Corentyne Kwe-Kwe (2)
- Corentyne Kwe-Kwe, Op. 75 (1)
- Dance Overture, Op. 12 (1)
- Dorian Passacaglia & Fugue, Op. 52 (1)
- Fantasia on Soviet Themes, Op. 24 (1)
- Galiard, from Suite, Op. 54 (1)
- Homage to William Sterndale Bennett, Op. 27 (1)
- Lascaux Symphony, Op. 98 (Symphony No. 4) (1)
- Le quatorze juillet: esquisse, Op. 38 (1)
- Letter Galliard (1)
- Lidice (1)
- Like the Rivers Flowing (1)
- Lyric Interlude, Op. 26 (1)
- Meditation for Double Bass and Piano, Op.93 No.1 (1)
- Nocturne (1)
- Phantasy for Violin & Piano op.3 (1)
- Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 2 (1)
- Quartet for Strings & Piano op.5 (1)
- Resolution, Op. 25 (1)
- Scherzo for Double Bass and Piano, Op.93 No.2 (1)
- Serenade and Duet, Op. 111 (1)
- Sonata for Cello & Piano op.120 (1)
- Song and Dance, Op. 117A (1)
- String Quartet (1)
- Symphony No. 2 'The Nottingham Symphony', Op. 33 (1)
- The Cruel Sea Captain, from Two Ballads of the Sea, Op. 50 (1)
- Three Concert Studies for Piano Trio, Op. 31 (1)
- Three Contrapuntal Studies for Violin & Viola op.13 (1)
- Three Raga Melodies, Op. 59 (1)
- Two Preludes & Fugues, Op. 108 (1)
- Voices of the Prophets (2)
- Wiegenlied aus Wozzeck (1)
