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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
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'''Biography''' | '''Biography''' | ||
''John Whittaker lives in Reading, Berkshire, UK. He has written | ''John Whittaker was born in Liverpool and currently lives in Reading, Berkshire, UK. He has written many songs and song-cycles for voice and piano, some short choral pieces, several cantatas for children's choir, some short orchestral pieces and two one-act chamber operas. His most ambitious work is probably his opera of 50 mins. duration, based on the Thomas Hardy play, 'The Three Wayfarers'. A notable piece written during the covid pandemic of 2020-2 is his powerful string quartet 'In Our Times'. His music is strongly influenced by both folk music and some of the 20th Century English composers such as Finzi, Walton and Vaughan Williams.'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 4 April 2023
Life
Born: 1952
Biography
John Whittaker was born in Liverpool and currently lives in Reading, Berkshire, UK. He has written many songs and song-cycles for voice and piano, some short choral pieces, several cantatas for children's choir, some short orchestral pieces and two one-act chamber operas. His most ambitious work is probably his opera of 50 mins. duration, based on the Thomas Hardy play, 'The Three Wayfarers'. A notable piece written during the covid pandemic of 2020-2 is his powerful string quartet 'In Our Times'. His music is strongly influenced by both folk music and some of the 20th Century English composers such as Finzi, Walton and Vaughan Williams. {{}}
List of choral works
- Blow, blow, thou winter wind
- I wandered lonely as a cloud
- It was a lover and his lass
- The Journey
- O mistress mine
- Orpheus with his lute
- A Recipe for Christmas Pudding
- The Carol of Mary
- The Miners' Carol
- The Star Carol
- Who is Silvia?
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Publications
External links
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