Robert Saxton
Robert Saxton ( born 1953 in London ) is a British composer.
Life
Saxton took private composition lessons with Elisabeth Lutyens. With Robin Holloway, he then continued his studies at Cambridge University, and a master's degree student then with Robert Sherlaw Johnson at the University of Oxford continued; later he also received lessons also by Luciano Berio. He was head of the composition department at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the Royal Academy of Music. He is currently Lecturer, Fellow and Tutor in Music at Worcester College, Oxford. He is married to the soprano Teresa Cahill.
Works (selection)
- What Does the Song Hope For? (1975)
- Processions and Dances (1981 ), for large chamber ensemble
- Chamber Symphony: The Circles of Light ( 1985-6 )
- Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1986 )
- The Sentinel of the Rainbow (1984 ), for chamber ensemble
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1989 )
- Caritas (1991 ), opera
- Invocation, Dance and Meditation ( 1991), for viola and piano
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1993 )
- Songs, Dances and Ellipses (1997), for string quartet
- Five Motets (2003)