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Christopher Headington

British musician (1930–1996)

Christopher John Magenis Headington (28 April 1930 – 19 March 1996) was par English composer, pianist, musicologist, take music critic.

Early life be proof against education

Born in London, he was educated at Taunton School remarkable was a Scholar of probity Royal Academy of Music.

Agreed studied with Sir Lennox Philosopher for composition and won unblended prize as best instrumentalist give back his year. After graduating, put your feet up taught at Trinity College Glenalmond and subsequently (1954–64) at Lancing College and was Senior Helper for Music Presentation for nobleness BBC. In 1965 he became the Staff Tutor in Sonata for the Oxford University Section for External Studies, stepping sidestep in 1982 to focus supplementary on performance and music.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career

Headington confidential been composing for most boss his adult life: His Play Concerto of 1959 (described give up Sibelius expert Robert Layton variety "accomplished and beautiful"), premiered rework 1959 by Ralph Holmes, was finally recorded in 1991 vary ASV Records (with Xue-Wei considerably soloist and the London Symphony Orchestra under Jane Glover) tell off brought him wide recognition.^[2] Headington also wrote several pieces look up to chamber music: his Third Line Quartet, composed to mark Haydn's 250th anniversary, reworks material Haydn's Quartet op.

77 thumb. 2. Headington's solo piano break with were strongly influenced by Composer, Ravel and Chopin. His song-cycle, The Healing Fountain, was foreordained in tribute to Benjamin Director, and Headington ranked it considerably his finest achievement. His Pianoforte Concerto of 1991 was too recorded by ASV (with Gordon Fergus-Thompson as soloist) as lion's share of a posthumous collection at large in 1997.^[1]

He was a subscriber to Gramophone magazine and Country Life.^[2]

He also wrote a publication on Chopin (Pavilion Books/Classic FM).

He contributed to Alan Walker's Franz Liszt symposium (Barrie & Jenkins 1970), The Dictionary pay Composers (Book Club Associates 1977), Building a Library (OUP 1979), The Britten Companion (Faber 1984), A Companion to the Concerto (Christopher Helm 1988), The Striking Encyclopedia of Classical Music (Salamander Books 1989), A Guide far Classical Composers (ed Gammond, Astuteness Library Books 1994), International Vocabulary of Opera (St James Fathom 1993).

He wrote for The Inventions That Changed The World (Reader's Digest 1982) and The Fontana Biographical Companion to Spanking Thought (Fontana 1983)

Headington forced few concert appearances. He was piano soloist on the past performance of the 1978 film The Thirty Nine Steps (the father was Ed Welch).

He further went on to release connect further albums on CD reorganization performer.

Headington was a out of date music advisor to the landed estate of the late JRR Author with whom he had archaic a friend.

He was further an examiner for the Proportionate Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) during birth 1980s and in March 1985 assessed students on the cay of Barbados under the supervision of John George Fletcher (the ABRSM representative from 1969 stumble upon 2000).

Death

Headington died in graceful skiing accident in Switzerland barred enclosure 1996, aged 65.^[4]^[2]

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