Overture for Farnham
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Product ID: GM1 CO014
By Alan Rawstorne
Publisher:
Goodmusic
Series:
Concert Originals
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra
Duration:
3:30
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This work was commissioned by Mr.& Mrs.Alan P.Tice for the 1967 Farnham Festival, and was given its first performance by the combined orchestras of Farnham Grammar School and Tiffin School on May 12th.
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Composer
Alan Rawstorne (1905-1971)
Alan Rawsthorne (2 May 1905 – 24 July 1971) was a British composer. He was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex.
He first achieved recognition as a composer with the Theme and Variations for two violins (1938), performed at the 1938 ISCM Festival in London, and then with the more ambitious Symphonic Studies for orchestra (1938), performed at the 1939 ISCM Festival in Warsaw (Evans 2001). Other acclaimed works by Rawsthorne include a viola sonata (1937), two piano concertos (1939, 1951), an oboe concerto (1947), two violin concertos (1948, 1956), a concerto for string orchestra (1949), and the Elegy for guitar (1971), a piece written for and completed by Julian Bream after the composer's death. Other works include a cello concerto, three acknowledged string quartets among other chamber works, and three symphonies.
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