Richard rodney bennett symphony 3

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  • Score: https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/symphony_no3_8210 Audio.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett wore his prodigious talent lightly – but he dispensed it generously.

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    BENNETT Marimba Concerto. Symphony No 3

    Richard Rodney Bennett wore his prodigious talent lightly – but he dispensed it generously. From hardcore Darmstadt beginnings to friendlier tonalities; from movies and TV to his passion for the American Songbook, where his pianistic gifts shone so inventively. Was there anything he couldn’t say musically? No need to answer that – but rather to rejoice in the fact that his friend and mästare John efternamn is honouring him in this new series for Chandos.

    First up, Bennett arrives disguised as William Walton in a celebratory ‘fanfare’ for orchestra – Celebration (1991) – whose wiry string figures and angular syncopations raise the question: is this a tribute or an impersonation? Either way, it is very knowing and virtuoso, and does exactly what it says in the title.

    The Concerto for marimba and chamber orchestra (1987 88) is an excellent example of Bennett exploring the possibilities of a particular instrumental ‘palette’ and finding music whi

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    Richard Rodney Bennett

    English composer and pianist (1936–2012)

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    Richard Rodney Bennett

    CBE

    Born(1936-03-29)29 March 1936
    Broadstairs, Kent, England[1]
    Died24 December 2012(2012-12-24) (aged 76)
    New York City, US
    Genres
    OccupationComposer
    Instruments
    Years active1954–2012

    Musical artist

    Sir Richard Rodney BennettCBE (29 March 1936 – 24 December 2012) was an English composer and pianist. He was noted for his musical versatility, drawing from such sources as jazz, romanticism, and avant-garde; and for his use of twelve-tone technique and serialism.[2][3] His body of work included over 200 concert works and 50 scores for film and television. He was also active in jazz, as a composer, a pianist, and an occasional vocalist.

    For his scoring work, Bennett was nominated for a total of 10 BAFTA Awards, winning once for Best Original Music for the film Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

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    As each instalment of John Wilson’s recorded tribute to his friend and mentor Richard Rodney Bennett is revealed the realisation (to those of us who didn’t already know) that this extraordinarily complete musician could do absolutely anything becomes more and more apparent. This third volume showcases a piece dedicated to Wilson himself and might well be the reason I return to it again and again.

    Reflections on a Sixteenth Century Tune is Bennett’s ‘Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis’ and was inspired by what Bennett called Wilson’s ‘way with strings’. In another universe altogether it’s what has always given the John Wilson Orchestra its stylistic lustre. Josquin des Prés may be a long way from Gershwin or Rodgers but Wilson knows instinctively what Bennett heard in the tune and how he wished to journey with it. The handful of variants seem to hover around an especially lovely Warlock-inspired section where Bennett pits a solo quartet against muted strings. It’s the most ‘compos

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