Sir Harrison Birtwistle CH (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based... 27 KB (2,298 words) - 05:20, 11 April 2024 |
Raasay (section Harrison Birtwistle) October 2013 starring Ian McDiarmid as Calum MacLeod. The composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle lived on Raasay from 1975 to 1983. His Duets for Storab, takes its... 43 KB (5,057 words) - 10:01, 13 May 2024 |
Oresteia: translation for National Theatre production with music by Harrison Birtwistle, filmed for Channel Four television. (October 1983) The Big H: musical... 19 KB (1,871 words) - 07:31, 2 October 2023 |
repertoire, with a particular focus on British composers, such as Harrison Birtwistle, Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar and Michael Tippett, He conducted... 28 KB (2,311 words) - 22:36, 29 April 2024 |
Ghanaian football player Harrison Bader (born 1994), American baseball player Harrison Barnes (born 1992), NBA player Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022), British... 16 KB (1,774 words) - 16:55, 22 March 2024 |
alto saxophone, jazz drum kit, woodwinds, brass and percussion by Harrison Birtwistle. It was written in 1995 and premiered as part of the Last Night of... 7 KB (766 words) - 03:24, 25 May 2022 |
Alexander Zhurbin (1975) The Mask of Orpheus, an opera by composer Harrison Birtwistle and librettist Peter Zinovieff (1986) Orpheus, a song by English... 18 KB (2,117 words) - 04:12, 11 May 2024 |
Gordon Birtwistle (born 1943), British Liberal Democrat politician Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022), British contemporary composer Iris Birtwistle (1918–2006)... 1 KB (149 words) - 03:26, 28 April 2022 |
and string orchestra (1975) Harrison Birtwistle, An Interrupted Endless Melody, for oboe and piano (1991) Harrison Birtwistle, Pulse Sampler, for oboe and... 43 KB (5,106 words) - 02:20, 6 May 2024 |
Wellington. Famous academy alumni include Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Sir Elton John and Annie Lennox. The academy provides undergraduate... 25 KB (2,446 words) - 15:11, 3 May 2024 |
Harrison Birtwistle: Man, Mind, Music. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8672-2. Cross, Jonathan. 2001. "Birtwistle, Sir Harrison".... 142 KB (16,725 words) - 21:05, 13 May 2024 |
Nicolas Hodges (section Harrison Birtwistle) Sciarrino, James Clarke, Michael Finnissy, Jeroen Speak, Konrad Boehmer, Harrison Birtwistle and Betsy Jolas. Hodges still plays classical repertoire occasionally... 15 KB (1,920 words) - 06:30, 8 April 2024 |
academic (b. 1927) 2019 – Lyra McKee, Irish journalist (b. 1990) 2022 – Harrison Birtwistle, British composer (b. 1934) 2024 – Crandell Addington, American Hall... 42 KB (3,998 words) - 11:08, 30 April 2024 |
by Jacopo Peri, Monteverdi, Charpentier, Gluck, Yevstigney Fomin, Harrison Birtwistle, and Matthew Aucoin. Euridice (1600), an opera by Jacopo Peri, the... 20 KB (2,309 words) - 01:16, 23 April 2024 |
The Mask of Orpheus (category Operas by Harrison Birtwistle) The Mask of Orpheus is an opera with music by Harrison Birtwistle, electronic music realised by Barry Anderson and a libretto by Peter Zinovieff. It was... 9 KB (1,060 words) - 03:53, 25 March 2024 |
demolished in June 2016. 14 March – Earth Dances for orchestra by Harrison Birtwistle is performed for the first time, at the Royal Festival Hall, London... 32 KB (1,597 words) - 00:03, 27 April 2024 |
Curlew River (1964). Other composers, including Hans Werner Henze, Harrison Birtwistle, Thomas Adès, George Benjamin, William Walton, and Philip Glass have... 2 KB (256 words) - 13:08, 26 April 2024 |
Luis de Victoria Requiem (1605) (Kyrie) 11 Mar 2000 Penelope Farmer Harrison Birtwistle Earth Dances (conclusion) Boulez Complainte du lézard amoureux (from... 148 KB (513 words) - 18:58, 13 April 2024 |
The Manchester School is principally identified with the composers Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Maxwell Davies and Alexander Goehr, and together with the... 1 KB (129 words) - 18:06, 12 October 2023 |
The Minotaur (opera) (category Operas by Harrison Birtwistle) Minotaur is an opera in two acts, with 13 scenes by English composer Harrison Birtwistle to a libretto by poet David Harsent, commissioned by the Royal Opera... 13 KB (1,429 words) - 15:44, 23 January 2024 |
well. Stravinsky also influenced composers like Elliott Carter, Harrison Birtwistle, and John Tavener. Included among his students are Robert Craft,... 120 KB (12,972 words) - 17:16, 2 May 2024 |
in 2008 to celebrate the ensemble's 40th birthday. The works are: Harrison Birtwistle: Duet 3 (supported by Nick & Claire Prettejohn) Mark Bowden: Parable... 13 KB (1,417 words) - 15:35, 9 November 2022 |