Roxburgh, Edwin
Roxburgh, Edwin (b Liverpool, 1937). Eng. composer, cond., and oboist. Prin. oboist, SW Opera Orch. 1964–7. Prof. of comp. and dir. 20th cent. dept., RCM, from 1967. Cond. and dir. 20th-Cent. Ens. of London. Works incl.:BALLET: The Tower (1964).ORCH.: Variations (1963); Montage (1977); 7 Tableaux, tpt. conc. (1979); Prelude (1981); Saturn (1982); Serenata (1983); Tamesis, chamber orch. (1983).VOICE(S) & INSTR(S).: Recitative after Blake, cont., str. orch. (or str. quintet) (1961–7); Night Music, sop., orch. (1969); How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear, narr., chamber orch. (1971); A Scottish Fantasy, sop., vn., str. (1973); A Portrait of e. e. cummings, male and female narr., vn., orch. (1974).CHORAL: The Rock, oratorio, SATB soloists, ch., children's ch., orch. (1979).UNACC. VOICES: Westron Wynde, ten., bar., ch. (1961); Christ is risen (1982); A Passiontide Carol (1982); Et vitam venturi saeculi (1983); Pianto (1985).ENSEMBLE: & sum & silence, ten., pf., perc. (1965); Ecclissi, ob., vn., va., vc. (1971); Dithyramb II, pf., 3 perc. (1972); Convolutions, sop., ten., alto fl., ob. d'amore, bn., hpd. (1974); Hexham Tropes, ob., ob. d'amore, bn., hpd. (1979); Elegy, ob., fl., cl., vn., vc., perc. (1982).CHAMBER MUS.: quartet, fl., cl., vn., vc. (1964); Images, ob., pf. (1967); Partita, vc. (1970); Dithyramb I, cl., perc. (1972); Constellations, rec. ob. (1973); Nebula I, cl. choir (1974), II, wind quintet (1974); Circling the Circlings …, vc., pf. (1977); At the Still Point of the Turning World, amp. ob., elec. (1978); wind quintet No.2 (1983); quartet, fl., str. (1984); Shadow-play, 2 ob., ca. (1984); Flute Music, fl., pf. (1986); Antares, ob., pf. (1988); 4 Soliloquies, va. d'amore (1988); Voyager, 3 ob., 3 ca., 3 bn. (1989).PIANO: Introduction and Arabesques (1963); Labyrinth (1970); 6 Études (1980).
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