Ruth Gipps
Born: 20th February 1921, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK
Died: 23rd February 1999, Fremfield, East Sussex, UK
Nationality: English
Ruth Dorothy Louisa ("Wid") Gipps was an English composer, oboist, pianist, conductor and educator. She composed music in a wide range of genres, including five symphonies, seven concertos and many chamber and choral works. She founded both the London Repertoire Orchestra and the Chanticleer Orchestra and served as conductor and music director for the City of Birmingham Choir. Later in her life she served as chairwoman of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain.
She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1981 Birthday Honours for services to music.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps
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Ruth Gipps from Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic
3rd Jan 2025
This third volume of the British composer's orchestral works on Chandos features the world premiere recordings of Symphony No. 1, the Coronation Procession from 1953 and the elegy Ambarvalia, plus the Horn Concerto and Cringlemire Garden.
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Elgan Llŷr Thomas on Unveiled
28th Jun 2023
In the wake of the release of his debut album featuring a bold new translation of Britten's Michelangelo Sonnets (plus music by Tippett, Gipps and Thomas himself), the Welsh tenor discusses queer representation in opera and song - and why he feels that 'it's about time we started adding other stories into the mix'...
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- Ambarvalia, Op. 70 (2)
- Chanticleer Overture, Op. 28 (1)
- Cinglemire Garden, Op. 39 (1)
- Clarinet Concerto in G minor, Op. 9 (1)
- Clarinet Sonata (1)
- Clarinet Sonata in A major, Op. 45 (1)
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 34 (1)
- Coronation Procession, Op. 41 (1)
- Cringlemire Garden, Op. 39 (1)
- Death on the Pale Horse, Op. 25 (1)
- Four Songs of Youth (1)
- Horn Concerto, Op. 58 (4)
- Jane Grey, Op. 15 (1)
- Knight in Armour, Op. 8 (2)
- Leviathan, Op. 59 (1)
- Oboe Concerto, Op. 20 (1)
- Opalescence, Op. 72 (1)
- Pixie Caravan, Op. 3a, for flute and piano (1939) Allegro leggiero (1)
- Prelude for Bass Clarinet, Op. 51 (1)
- Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio, Op. 16 (1)
- Rhapsody in E flat, Op. 23 (2)
- Rowan, Op. 12a, for flute and piano (1940) (1)
- Scherzo and Adagio for Unaccompanied Cello, Op. 68 (1)
- Seascapes, Op. 53 (1)
- Sinfonietta, Op. 73 (1)
- Sonata for Cello and Piano (1)
- Sonata for Double Bass and Piano, Op. 81 (1)
- Song for Orchestra, Op. 33 (2)
- Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 22 (1)
- Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 30 (2)
- Symphony No. 3, Op. 57 (1)
- Symphony No. 4, Op. 61 (2)
- Symphony No. 5, Op 64 (1)
- The Fairy Shoemaker (1)
- The Kelpie of Corrievreckan, Op. 5 (1)
- The Ox and the Ass 'Introduction and Carol', Op. 71 (1)
- The Pulley (2)
- The St Francis Window, Op. 67, for alto flute and piano (1986) Andante (1)
- Theme and Variations for Piano, Op. 57a (1)
- Violin Concerto, Op. 24 (1)
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Coming soon. The Lilly of Killarney | Clarinet Fantasias From England and Ireland
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Coming soon. Resound: Music by British Composers | Carwithen - Maconchy - Alwyn - Gipps
Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Alex Mitchell (viola), Rachael Clegg (cor anglais), Manchester Camerata, John Andrews
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