Reginald Redman

Redman, circa 1935

Reginald Redman (1892–1972[1]) was a conductor and composer.

He was born in London,[2] and studied at the Guildhall School of Music. He joined the BBC, and from 1936 until 1952 he was the BBC Director of Music, Western Region. At the BBC he formed and conducted the West Country Studio Orchestra, a small orchestra which played light music, and the West Country Singers.[1][2]

Compositions

Many of his compositions have titles related to the West Country.

Light orchestral music, including Away on the Hills, a pastoral piece for string orchestra; Marston Court; From a Moorish village; Pan's Garden; West Country Suite; Rhapsody on Somerset Folk Songs and An Irish Souvenir.[1]

Songs and choral music, including for baritone and orchestra The Forest of Dean and Three Kings of Somerset; many compositions for choir including From the West Countrie, From the Hills of Dream and Songs of the West Country; also sets of Chinese songs Five Chinese Miniatures and Five Settings of Poems from the Chinese.[1][3]

Piano pieces, including A Cornish Legend; Mist on the Moors; On the Cornish Coast.[1]

Late in his career he wrote music for television: The Emperor's Nightingale (for marionettes, from a story by Hans Christian Andersen) in 1957, and a TV play The True Mystery of the Passion in 1961.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Some British Conductor-Composers, by Philip L. Scowcroft Music Web International. Accessed January 2014.
  2. 1 2 ,Percy A. Scholes, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, 1964
  3. ↑ Scores by Reginald Redman British Music Collection. Accessed January 2014.
  4. ↑ Reginald Redman Internet Movie Database. Accessed January 2014
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