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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Britten: Simple Symphony, Temporal Variations & other works
Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Philip Dukes (viola) Northern Sinfonia, Steuart Bedford
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Britten - Orchestral Song Cycles
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Felicity Lott (sopranos), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
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The English Song Series Volume 6 - Gustav Holst
Susan Gritton (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Louisa Fuller (violin), Steuart Bedford (piano)
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Special offer. Holst: Collectors' Edition
Jonathan Snowden (flute) & David Theodore (oboe), Ian Partridge (tenor) & Ralph Downes (organ), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) & Ralph Downes (organ), Frederick Harvey (baritone) & Gerald Moore (piano), Richard Seal (organ), Edwin Bates (organ), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Michael Rippon (Louis), Norma Burrowes (Alison), Michael Langdon (Father Philippe) & Robert Tear (Pierre), Philip Langridge (Prince Hal), John Tomlinson (Falstaff), Elise Ross (Hostess), Felicity Palmer (Doll Tearsheet), David Wilson-Johnson (Pistol), Peter Hall (Peto), Richard Suart (Bardolph) & Michael George (Poins) London Philharmonic Orchestra & Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, women’s voices, London Symphony Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Purcell Singers & English Chamber Orchestra, Central Band of the Royal Air Force, BMC (Oxford) Band, Baccholian Singers of London, Baccholian Singers of London & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Baccholian Singers of London & English Chamber Orchestra, The King’s Singers, Choir of Chichester Cathedral, London Boy Singers, Bach Choir & Jacques Orchestra, Rodney Christian Fellowship Festival Choir, Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir, London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, English Opera Group & English Chamber Orchestra, Men’s voices of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, André Previn, Norman del Mar, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Charles Groves, Imogen Holst, Wing Commander J.L. Wallace, Ian Humphris, John Birch, Jonathan Steele, Sir David Willcocks, Rodney Smith Bishton, Steuart Bedford, David Atherton
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