Judith Weir DBE HonFRSE (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer serving as Master of the King's Music. Appointed in 2014 by Queen Elizabeth II, Weir...
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Judith Weir's Oboe Concerto was written from 2016 to 2018 on a joint commission from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra...
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(1893–1918); Sofia Gubaidulina (1931–); Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023); and Judith Weir (born 1954 and the first woman to hold the office of Master of the King's...
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the Queen's Medal for Music. After the end of Maxwell Davies' term, Judith Weir was appointed in 2014, again for a ten-year term. Reporting the appointment...
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the west, and Mull is five miles south. In 1990 the Scottish composer Judith Weir wrote a 10-minute piece for two pianos called Ardnamurchan Point for...
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numerous times, and in 2015 performed at the Last Night of the festival. Judith Weir composed her solo piano work Day Break Shadows Flee for Grosvenor, who...
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produced his Salute to Thomas Merritt, Op. 98, whilst Michael Nyman and Judith Weir both brought new operas to the stage. The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World...
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Miss Fortune (opera) (category Operas by Judith Weir)
Miss Fortune is an opera by Judith Weir based on a Sicilian fable. On 21 July 2011, Miss Fortune premiered at the Bregenz Festival in Austria as Miss...
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missing from Davies's business accounts. In October 2008 Arnold and his wife Judith (Davies's former agent) were charged with the theft of almost £450,000....
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Kaija Saariaho (died 2023), Karlheinz Stockhausen (died 2007), and Judith Weir have all made important contributions in this field: Licht, Stockhausen's...
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to the Sea by Britten and Auden, the world premieres of Concrete by Judith Weir at the Barbican and Howard Goodall's Jason and the Argonauts at the Royal...
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Machine about woman.life.song. performance/ production at Carnegie Hall featuring Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Jessye Norman, Judith Weir and Toni Morrison....
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Billy Joel Visiting Composer Series with residency by Scottish composer Judith Weir" (Press release). Syracuse University. February 14, 2008. Archived from...
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Blond Eckbert (category Operas by Judith Weir)
Blond Eckbert is an opera by Scottish composer Judith Weir. The composer wrote the English-language libretto herself, basing it on the cryptic supernatural...
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George Frideric Handel, Herbert Howells, Hubert Parry, Richard Mills, Judith Weir, Brenton Broadstock, Thomas Hewitt Jones, Charles Villiers Stanford,...
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however, she also wrote several operas of note, including The Wreckers. Judith Weir (born 1954) Began composing full-length operas in 1987 with A Night at...
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Judith of Flanders (circa 843 – 870 or later) was a Carolingian princess who became Queen of Wessex by two successive marriages and later Countess of Flanders...
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commissions were performed by the orchestra before the service — those by Judith Weir; Sir Karl Jenkins; a vocal piece by Sarah Class performed by Pretty Yende;...
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Trafigura John Ferguson Weir (1841–1926), American painter and sculptor Johnny Weir (born 1984), American figure skater Judith Weir (born 1954), British...
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is a concerto for piano and string orchestra by the British composer Judith Weir. The work was commissioned by Anthony and Mary Henfrey in celebration...
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for the service by Judith Bingham; a setting of Psalm 150 by Philip Moore; and an arrangement of "God Save the Queen" by Judith Weir. Friday 27 March 2015:...
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hart" is a composition for unaccompanied choir by the British composer Judith Weir, setting the first seven verses of Psalm 42 from the Book of Common Prayer...
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The Vanishing Bridegroom (category Operas by Judith Weir)
The Vanishing Bridegroom is an opera by composer Judith Weir to a libretto by the composer from work edited by J. F. Campbell of Islay. Commissioned by...
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verses from the Book of Common Prayer for choir a cappella, written by Judith Weir for the state funeral of Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022 K'ayal ta'arog...
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Larsen, Marjorie Rusche, Peter Seabourne, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Judith Weir. Her composer cousin Clarence Dickinson set his first songs to six of...
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Gerald Finzi Jonathan Dove Benjamin Britten Michael Tippett Ian Venables Judith Weir George Butterworth Francis George Scott Rebecca Clarke Amy Beach Theodore...
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Turville Alic Halford Smith Robert Tear Leslie Valiant Herman Waldmann Judith Weir Sir David Willcocks Category:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Category:Fellows...
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violinist. He studied under Peter Maxwell Davies, Oliver Knussen and Judith Weir, and has written classical works, scores for theatre, TV, and radio....
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Armida is an opera by British composer Judith Weir. It premiered on 25 December 2005 as a television broadcast on the UK station, Channel 4 which had...
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recently, Alexander Goehr, Thomas Adès, John Rutter, Julian Anderson, Judith Weir, and Maury Yeston. The university has also produced world-renowned instrumentalists...
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