BENNETT, RICHARD RODNEY (b 1936 )
A musician of great versatility, the English composer Richard Rodney Bennett
studied in London with Lennox Berkeley and Howard Ferguson, and subsequently
with Pierre Boulez. In addition to his very varied work as a composer, he is
also known as a pianist, not least in jazz performances.
Operas, Ballet & Film Music
Bennett's operas date from the 1960s and include the powerful The Mines
of Sulphur, with Victory, based on Conrad, the last of the five.
His ballet score Isadora was written in 1980. His film music includes scores
for Far from the Madding Crowd, Murder on the Orient Express and Four Weddings
and a Funeral.
Orchestral & Chamber Music
Bennett has written concertos for a number of different instruments, including
two piano concertos and concertos for violin, viola, oboe, saxophone, double
bass, horn, and bassoon. There is a similarly wide range of scoring in his chamber
music, which includes a guitar concerto and a sonatina for the same instrument.
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