Alan Abbott

This article deals with the composer and conductor Alan Abbott, on the medical practitioner see Allan Abbott .

Alan Abbott (* 1926 in Birmingham , United Kingdom ) is a British composer and conductor.

Life

Alan Abbott studied at the University of Birmingham , the University of Reading and the Royal College of Music . Here his teachers were Gordon Jacob in orchestration, Richard Austin in conducting and Frank Probin (1888–1981) in the instrumental horn. Abbott has conducted many operettas in London and on tour. In April 1960 he conducted The Merry Widow at the New Oxford Theater . In 1958/59 he was conductor of the Royal Ballet on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. He then became a music producer for the BBC on radio. Here he mainly worked with the BBC Concert Orchestra. In 1965 he left the BBC and became musical director of the Turkish State Ballet. In 1971 he became permanent conductor of the Australian Ballet . He stayed here for five years and then became conductor of the Western Australian Opera and the Western Australian Arts Orchestra . In 1979 he went back to the UK. He was guest conductor at the Paris Opera Ballet , the Royal Swedish Ballet and the Norwegian National Ballet.

Works (selection)

• Alla Caccia for horn and orchestra and version for horn and piano, dedicated to Dennis Brain , published by Josef Weinberger ISMN 979-0-57005-420-6
• London Fragments. The work was recorded by the Orchestra Raphaele under the direction of Heinz Hötter and published on the CD A British Light Music Festival on the ASV label.

In addition, he composed various stage music.

Discography (selection)

• Golden Concertos . Guy Saint-Clair (* 1940) piano; London Symphony Orchestra ; Direction: Alan Abbott. Released in 1985 by Raphael Records . I Richard Addinsell : Warsaw Concerto II Sergej Rachmaninoff Variation 18 III Charles Williams : Dream Of Olwen IV Charles Wildman: Swedish Rhapsody V Alberto Semprini: Mediterranean Concerto VI Joaquin Rodrigo : Concerto Aranjuez VII Hubert Bath : Cornish Rhapsody VIII Albert Arlen (1905–1993) : El Alamein, piano concerto

Web links

• Alan Abbott at www.josef-weinberger.com

• Works by and about Alan Abbott in the WorldCat bibliographic database

• Alan Abbott conducting a performance of The Merry Widow at the Victoria and Albert Museum
• Alla caccia at HornRep

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alan Abbott conducting a performance of The Merry Widow | Sommerlad, Gilbert | V&A Search the Collections. Retrieved October 26, 2018 .