Martin Ellerby

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Martin Ellerby (* 1957 in Worksop , England ) is an English composer .

Life

Martin Ellerby studied at the Royal College of Music with Joseph Horovitz and William Lloyd Webber and privately with Wilfred Josephs. He is a composer of international renown whose works are performed worldwide. His works are set to music in more than 70 CD recordings. He composes for symphony orchestra, choir, symphonic wind orchestra, brass band, ballet, solo works and chamber music.

In addition to his work as a composer, he is Visiting Professor at the Headquarters Music Services of the British Royal Air Force and Artistic Director of the music publisher Studio Music Company in London and Senior Producer at Polyphonic Records. In his former position as Head of Composition and Contemporary Music at the London College of Music and Media, it was his concern to bring as many of his students' compositions as possible onto the stage.

One of his well-known works is Dona Nobis Pacem (1995), a commissioned composition for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

Works

  • Four Miniatures (1980)
  • Concerto for Brass (1980/81)
  • Sonata in Blue (1984 rev. 1989)
  • Songs of the American Dream (1984)
  • Nocturnes (1984)
  • Andalusian Preludes (1986 rev. 1988)
  • Epitaph I: Souviens-Toi (Oradour-sur-Glane) (1986)
  • Tuba Concerto (1988)
  • Epitaph II: Desert Flowers (El-Alamein) (1988)
  • Prelude for Hampstead Heath (1989)
  • Missa Brevis (1989)
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 (1989/90)
  • Epitaph III: Vocalise (Katyn Wood) (1991)
  • Natalis - Symphony for Brass / Wind & Percussion (Sinfonia No. 1) (1993)
  • Paris Sketches (Homages for Band) (1994)
  • Mercurial Dances (1994/95)
  • Euphonium Concerto (1994/95)
  • Dona Nobis Pacem (1995)
  • Vistas (1995)
  • Evocations (1996)
  • Epitaph IV: Lux Aeterna (Lidice) (1996)
  • Requiescant Aberfan - Symphonic Elegy No. 1 for Brass / Wind & Percussion (1996)
  • New World Dances (1996)
  • Symphony for Winds (Sinfonia No. 2) (1997)
  • Charismatic Cats (1997)
  • Venetian Spells (1997)
  • Tenor Horn Concerto (1998)
  • Tristan Encounters - Prelude and Transfigurations for Brass / Wind & Percussion (1998)
  • Divertimento (1998/99)
  • Postcards from Provence (1999/2000)
  • The 'Big Easy' Suite (New Orleans) (2000)
  • Trombone Concerto (2000)
  • Clarinet Concerto (2000)
  • Ovation - Celebratory Prelude (2000)
  • Looping the Loop (Chicago-Hop) (2001)
  • Dreamscapes (2001)
  • Meditations - on The Seven Last Words of Our Savior from the Cross (2002)
  • Epitaph V: Winter Music (Leningrad) (2002)
  • Club Europe - Tour for Band (2002)
  • Summer Nights (2002)
  • From Kitty Hawk to the Stars (2002)
  • Chivalry - Symphonic Tone Poem for Brass / Wind & Percussion (2003)
  • Cabaret Concerto (2003)
  • Albion Dances (2003/04)
  • A Processional Service for the Souls of the Dead (2003)
  • Elegy for 'Checkpoint Charlie' (2003)
  • Neapolitan Serenade (2004/05)
  • The Legend of the Flying Dutchman - Sinfonia Dramatica (Sinfonia No. 3) (2005)
  • River Dances (2005)
  • The Cries of London (2005)
  • Terra Australis (2005)
  • Tales from Andersen (2005)
  • Commemorations (2006/07)
  • Epitaph VI: Phoenix Rising (Coventry / Dresden) (2006)
  • Elgar Variations (2006)
  • The Canticle of the Sun (2006)
  • Songs without Words (2005/07)
  • Mass of St Thomas Aquinas (2006/07)
  • Baritone Concerto (2007/08)
  • Malcolm Arnold Variations (2007/08)
  • Cinnamon Concerto (2008)
  • Epitaph VII: Memento (Terezin) (2008)
  • Two Peninsular Marches - No. 1: Salamanca No. 2: Vitoria (2008)
  • Royal Windsor Portraits (2009)
  • HMS Charity - Concert March (2009)
  • Earthrise (2009)
  • A Norfolk Rhapsody (2009)
  • Elizabethan Masquerade (2009)
  • A Little Symphony of English Carols (Sinfonia No. 4) (2009)
  • (Sinfonia No. 5) (2010)
  • Gethsemane - A Dramatic Narrative (2010)
  • Tuba Sonata (2009/10)
  • A Soliloquy for Solferino (2011)
  • Excursions (Diversions on a Rhythm) (2011)
  • Eternal - Symphonic Elegy No. 2 for Brass & Percussion (2011)
  • Cornet Concerto (2011)
  • Trombone Sonata (2011/12)
  • Dunham Dances (2012)
  • Cane River Murals (2012)
  • Electra (2012)
  • Two Altrincham Threnodies (2012)
  • A 'Silent Movie' Suite (2013)
  • Euphonium Sonata (2013)
  • St Mark's Suite (2013/15)
  • Amphibiosity (2013)
  • A Man For All Seasons (2013/14)
  • An Eternal Sunset by Land and Sea (2014)
  • Roman Trilogy (2014)
  • Epitaph VIII: Changi Murals (Singapore) (2014)
  • Four Bowdon Portraits (2014)
  • 'For Valor' (2014)
  • The Four Elements (Partita) (2014)
  • Gallipoli '100' - An Anniversary Tribute (2014/15)
  • Gallipoli '100' March (2014/15)
  • An Eternal Sunset (2015)
  • Waterloo '200' - A Commemorative Suite (2015)
  • Sinfonia Aqua (Six Water Divertimenti In Memoriam) (Sinfonia No. 6) (2015)
  • A Bridgewater Serenade (2015)
  • Symphony in Five Movements (Sinfonia No. 7) (2016/17)
  • Paris Portraits (Images for Band) (2016/17)
  • Maze Mirrors (A Sonata for Viola & Piano) (2017)
  • Five Manx Romances (2017)
  • Gallipoli '100' Suite (2017)
  • Oboe Sonata (2017)
  • Canti di Colore (A Sonata for Violin & Piano) (2018)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.rundel.de/de/dona_nobis_pacem/a-1/7148
personal data
SURNAME Ellerby, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Worksop , England