Paul Patterson

Paul Patterson ( born June 15, 1947 in Chesterfield) is an English composer.

Patterson was during his school days in Exeter Topsham member of the Silver band, where he played trombone. From 1964 he studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Sidney Langston (trombone ) and Richard Stoker. In 1966, his Opus 1, Rebecca ( for speaker and instrumental ensemble ), premiered at the Dartington Summer School. As a result, he was promoted here by Elizabeth Lutyens, Harrison Birtwhistle and Hans Keller. With a wind quintet, he won the South West Arts Competition, whose jury member Richard Rodney Bennett, he received 1968-1970 classes.

Since 1968, Patterson worked as a professional trombonist and composer. Between 1971 and 1974 he gave lectures at the Royal Academy in modern music and was responsible for the electronic studio. Until 1980, he played with the London Sinfonietta, the electronic music (tape, amplifiers, synthesizers ) with performances by David Atherton, Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hans Werner Henze, and Luciano Berio. During this time, he also composed several works for tape.

At the Royal Academy at the same time he built a library of contemporary composers with a focus on Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski and Krzysztof Penderecki as. 1972 saw its most successful work Timepiece, which was performed about eintausendfünfhundertmal to 1990.

From 1975 to 1981 Patterson was the director of Contemporary Music at the University of Warwick. His Requiem for chorus and orchestra, which he had written for the tenth anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, was premiered in 1975 in the Cathedral of Coventry.

During his time as Composer in Residence at The King's School in Canterbury emerged as another major choral work his Canterbury Psalms. From 1987 to 1997 Patterson was rector of contemporary music and composition at the Royal Academy. In addition, he was 1991-1997 artistic director of the Exeter Festival. Later he served as Composer-in- Residence at the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.

For the promotion of Polish music in Britain Patterson in 1987 received the Medal of Honor of the Polish Ministry of Culture, 1996 he received the Leslie Boosey Award from the Performing Rights Society and the Royal Philharmonic Society for his exceptional contribution to contemporary music.

Works

Rebecca for narrator and ensemble, 1966
Wind Quintet, 1967
Wind Trio, 1968
Trumpet Concerto, 1968
Intrada for Organ, 1970
Monologue for solo oboe, 1970
Jubilate for Organ, 1970
Partita for Chamber Orchestra, 1970
Horn Concerto, 1971
Piccola Sinsonia for chamber orchestra, 1971
Visions for Organ, 1971
Timepiece for six male voices, 1972
Interlude for Organ, 1972
Comedy for Five Winds, 1972
Kyrie for chorus and piano, 1972
Fiesta Sinfonica for symphony orchestra, 1972
Fluorescence for Organ, 1973
Gloria for chorus and piano, 1973
Intersections for chamber ensemble, 1973
Requiem for chorus and orchestra, 1973
Abode of the Dead, 1973
Sonors for symphony orchestra, 1973
Floating Music for chamber ensemble, 1974
Conversations for Clarinet and Piano, 1974
Chromascope for wind band, 1974
Fusion for symphony orchestra and electronics, 1974
Circular Ruins for symphony orchestra, 1975
Cataclysm for wind band, 1975
Strange Meeting for symphony orchestra, 1975
Count Down for wind band, 1975
Shadows for solo clarinet, 1975
Fanfares for Great Occasions for wind ensemble, 1976
Clarinet Concerto, 1976
Wildfire for symphony orchestra and electronics, 1976
Diversions for saxophone quartet, 1976
Cracowian Counterpoints for large ensemble, 1977
Games for Organ, 1977
Vampireen for six male voices, 1977
Spare Parts for choir, 1977
Brainstorm for choir and live electronics, 1978
Voices of Sleep for choir and chamber orchestra, 1979
Deception Pass for wind ensemble, 1980
At the Point of the Turning World silent for mixed ensemble, 1980
The Canterbury Psalms for chorus and orchestra, 1981
Sinfonia for Strings, 1982
Concerto for Orchestra, 1982
Spiders for harp solo, 1983
Mass of the Sea for chorus and orchestra, 1983
Christ is the King for a cappella choir, 1984
Luslawice Variations for solo violin, 1984
Duologue for Oboe and Piano, 1984
Upside-Down -Under- Variations for symphony orchestra, 1985
Europhony for chamber orchestra, 1985
Missa Brevis for choir a cappella, 1985
Mean Time for wind quintet, 1985
Memories of Quiberville for trombone quartet, 1986
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittus for choir and organ, 1986
String Quartet, 1986
Stabat Mater for chorus and orchestra, 1986
The Sorriest Cow of Capricorn for soprano and piano, 1987
Suite for Cello, 1987
Propositions for Harmonica and Strings, 1987
Te Deum for chorus and orchestra, 1988
Tides of Mananan for solo viola, 1988
The End for a cappella choir, 1989
White Shadows on the Dark Horizon for symphony orchestra, 1989
A Tunnel of Time for Piano, 1989
Fanfare for the Future for large wind ensemble, 1990
The Mighty Voice for symphonic wind orchestra, 1991
O Be Joyful for choir and organ, 1991
Violin Concerto, 1992
Festivo for symphony orchestra, 1993
Little Red Riding Hood for symphony orchestra, 1993
Little Red Riding Hood Songbook for Female Choir and Piano, 1994
The Royal Star euros for wind ensemble, 1994
Magnificat for choir and wind ensemble, 1994
Soliloquy for Solo Clarinet, 1995
Overture: Songs of the West for symphony orchestra, 1995
Four Rustic Sketches for Symphony Orchestra, 1997
On first looking into Chapman's Homer for female chorus, 1998
Hell's Angels for chorus and ensemble, 1998
Millennium Mass for chorus and orchestra, 1999
Westerly Winds for wind quintet, 1999
Gloria for chorus and orchestra, 1999
The City Within for symphony orchestra, 2000
Deviations for String Octet, 2001
Cello Concerto, 2002
Jubilee Dances for symphony orchestra, 2002
Bugs for harp solo, 2003
The Three Little Pigs for symphony orchestra and narrator (Text: Roald Dahl, Donald Sturrock ), 2003
Tate Modern Mobiles for large ensemble, 2003
Orchestra on Parade for symphony orchestra, 2004
Harpomaniac for harp solo, 2004
Aguecheek 's Antics for Violin and Piano, 2005
Elegiac Blues for Cello (or Viola ) and Piano, 2005
The Fifth Continent for choir and wind ensemble, 2005
Tsunami for Organ, 2005
Westerly Winds for symphonic wind ensemble, 2006

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