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Simon Bainbridge
12+ albums
composercontemporary classicalenglandbritainwestern classical music
about
Simon Bainbridge was born in London in 1952. He studied composition with John Lambert and Gunther Schuller and is now Head of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His breakthrough came in 1971 with Spirogyra performed at the Aldeburgh Festival and has since composed many works including Viola Concerto (1978), Fantasia for Double Orchestra (1983), Double Concerto (1990), Landscape and Memory (1995), Three Pieces for Orchestra (1998) and Ad Ora Incerta (1993) for which he won the 1997 Grawemeyer Award. He was recently commisioned by the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester and the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto to create a work that responds to their unique spaces, the result Music Space Reflection for 24 musicians and live electronics was premiered at the Imperial War Museum North on April 28th 2007. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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A Song from Michelangelo
272Concertante in moto perpetuo
233Sonnet XVIII
134Fantasia For Double Orchestra
135Ad ora incerta: No. 1. Il conto del corvo
106Ad ora incerta: No. 3. Lunedi
97Ad ora incerta: No. 4. Buna
88Ad ora incerta: No. 2. ll tramonto di Fossoli
89Viola Concerto: II. —
810Ad ora incerta: No. 1, Il canto del corvo
7albums
Bainbridge: Ad ora incerta & 4 Primo Levi Settings
Bainbridge: Fantasia, Viola Concerto & Concertante in moto perpetuo
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Simon Bainbridge: Chamber Music
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The NMC Songbook
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Mary Wiegold's Songbook
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Ad Ora Incerta
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Simon Bainbridge: Ad Ora Incerta; Four Primo Levi Settings
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Ad Ora Incerta / Four Primo Levi Settings
Prime Cuts
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Sit Fast
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Simon Bainbridge: Ancora
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Prime Cuts: Sampler No.4