Steuart Bedford
Born: 31st July 1939, London
Nationality: British
Steuart John Rudolf Bedford was an English orchestral and opera conductor and pianist.
He was the brother of composer David Bedford and of singer Peter Lehmann Bedford and a grandson of Liza Lehmann and Herbert Bedford; his parents were Leslie Bedford, an inventor, and Lesley Duff, a soprano opera singer.
Bedford was particularly associated with the music of Benjamin Britten, and conducted the world premiere of Death in Venice in 1973. Bedford also conducted Britten's other operas, and made an orchestral suite of music from Death in Venice. Between 1974 and 1998, he was one of the Artistic Directors of the Aldeburgh Festival. In 1989, he became joint artistic director with Oliver Knussen.
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Lennox Berkeley: The One Act Operas
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Britten: Simple Symphony, Temporal Variations & other works
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Wolf, H: Italienisches Liederbuch
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) & Steuart Bedford (piano)
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Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
English Chamber Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
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