Gervase de Peyer

Gervase Alan de Peyer (born April 11, 1926 in London - † February 4, 2017 ) was a British clarinetist and conductor .

Life

Gervase de Peyer studied at the Bedales School . There he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music , where he studied clarinet with Frederick Thurston and piano with Arthur Alexander . Towards the end of World War II, he served in the Royal Marines Band Service . After the war he returned to the Royal College of Music and two years later began studying with Louis Cahuzac in Paris .

In 1950 he was one of the musicians who founded the Melos Ensemble , with which he played until 1974. He directed the ensemble's recording program with EMI from 1963 to 1973.

Josef Krips won him in 1956 as principal clarinetist for the London Symphony Orchestra . He played with the LSO until 1973. He conducted the English Chamber Orchestra , the London Symphony Orchestra, the Melos Sinfonia and the London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble . In 1959 he began teaching at the Royal Academy of Music .

He lived in the USA since the 1970s. He was a founding member of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York in 1969 and played with the ensemble for 20 years.

Gervase de Peyer gave the world premiere of clarinet concertos by the composers Arnold Cooke , Sebastian Forbes , Alun Hoddinott , Joseph Horovitz , Thea Musgrave , Elizabeth Maconchy , William Mathias and Edwin Roxburgh . In 1987 he played the world premiere of the Sonata for Clarinet Solo by Miklós Rózsa . He was a soloist in the concerts of Aaron Copland and Paul Hindemith under the direction of the composers.

^ Interview with Gervase de Peyer in his 80th year. Part One. ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. John Robert Brown, December 2005 in The Clarinet @1@ 2
↑ ^a ^b ^c Interview Gervase de Peyer in his 80th year. Part Two. ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. John Robert Brown, March 2006 in The Clarinet @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Peyer, Gervase de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Peyer, Gervase Alan de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British clarinetist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 11, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	4th February 2017