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Grand Rapids
Cantata Choir salutes Sir Richard Rodney Bennett |
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Life |
Born in 1936, he first learned music from his mother who studied under Gustav Holst ("The Planets"). At age 17 he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London. Three years later he was awarded a French government scholarship to study in Paris under Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messien. He taught a the Royal Academy in London, and at the Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore, Maryland. He currently lives in New York. |
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Music |
His many award-winning
compositions include every genre, including film, the stage and
jazz. His commissioners include: London Symphony, New
York Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, National Symphony, BBC
Philharmonic, Royal Ballet, BBC Proms, Julian Bream, Evelyn Glennie,
John Harle and Stan Getz. Recent highlights include: James DePriest's conducting of the Oregon Symphony's September 1988 US premiere of "Partita"; the upcoming March 28 US premiere of the Saxaphone Concerto by soloist John Harle and New York's Eos Ensemble; and the film score for John Slessinger's new television movie "Sweeney Todd" which receives its world premiere in the US later this year. |
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For more information about Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, visit: http://www.schirmer.com/composers/bennett/bio.html |