John Luke Rose
John Luke Rose (born 19 July 1933 in Northwood Hills, England) is a British composer of classical music.[1]
After finishing at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, John Luke Rose was educated at the University of London and the Trinity College of Music.[2] He received his PhD in music in 1963 on a work about the musical language of Richard Wagner.[1]
After his studies John Luke Rose worked as a lecturer at the Trinity College of Music, the University of Oxford and of London, but mainly focussed on composing.[1] Still in his study years he received the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in the consecutive years 1957 and 1958.[3] His orchestral works were championed by conductor Bryden Thomson and performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.[1][4]
John Luke Rose should not be confused with British composer John Rose (born 1928 in London).[2]
Compositions
- Symphony No.1 The Mystic (1973)
- Symphony No.2
- Violin concerto (revised 1975)
- Piano concerto (1966)
- Symphonic Dances for orchestra
- Cantata The Pleasures of Youth (1964)
- Opera Odysseus
- Musical play St. Francis
- Overture Macbeth (1974)
- Clarinet quintet (1999)
- String quartet
- Capriccio, Elegy and Scherzetto, for cello and piano
- Violin sonata
- Piano sonata No.1
- Piano sonata No.2
- Three Meditations and Rondo, for violin
- Apocalyptic Visions for piano
References
- 1 2 3 4 Cummings, David M (2000). International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Psychology Press. p. 551. ISBN 9780948875533.
- 1 2 Evans, Robert; Humphreys, Maggie (1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A & C Black. p. 293. ISBN 9780720123302.
- ↑ "RPS Composition Prize: Past Recipients". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ recordings of his Violin concerto, Piano concerto and Symphony No.1 were available on YouTube (as of October 2015), all conducted by Bryden Thomson