John Hopkins (composer)

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John Hopkins (* 1949 , in Polegate, East Sussex ) is a British composer .

Education

Hopkins graduated from University College Cardiff . His teachers include Alun Hoddinott and Arnold Whittall . He also took composition lessons from Peter Maxwell Davies . In 2000, Hopkins graduated from the University of Sussex with a D.Phil.

Career

Hopkins was elected regional composer-in-residence by the Eastern Arts Association (now rts Council England East) in 1979. After holding various chairs, he is currently (as of 2011) Co-ordinator of Practice-Based Studies at the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge , and Director of Studies for Music at Homerton College .

plant

His For the Far Journey (1981) was commissioned by the Gemini Ensemble and premiered by the same ensemble. According to music journalist David Wright, this composition exemplifies elements characteristic of Hopkins' oeuvre, especially the 'delightful structures and the effective tempos in the execution of ideas'. White Winter, Black Spring is a work for 2 voices and a large instrumental ensemble; here Hopkins used poems by Robert Lowell .

Important compositions

  • For the Far Journey (1981)
  • The Magic Mountain (1983)
  • White Winter, Black Spring (1985)
  • Faustus (1986)
  • Double Concerto for Trumpet and Saxophone (1994)
  • Akhmatova Songs (2005)
  • The Floating World for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2008)
  • Watching the Perseids (2008)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2011 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.  ; last viewed on February 19, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uhrecordings.co.uk
  2. ↑ The Musical Times , Vol. 120, No. 1631 (Jan. 1979), p. 53
  3. ↑ See archive link ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2011 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.  ; last viewed on February 19, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mus.cam.ac.uk
  4. ^ David Wright, 'English Song', in The Musical Times , Vol. 131, No. 1774 (Dec., 1990), p. 652.

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personal data
SURNAME Hopkins, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Polegate , England