Richard Rodney Bennett

Richard Rodney Bennet’s Symphony No. 3 commissioned for the 1987 Three Choirs Festival by the Elgar Foundation with additional funds from West Midlands Arts is now published in a facsimile study score.In contrast with his first two symphonies which were rather extrovert display pieces Symphony No. 3 is quite thoughtful and lyrical in nature more or less monothematic and has a strong feeling of tonality particularly at the opening and closing of the score. The more moderate orchestration (2 Flutes Oboe Cor Anglais 2 Clarinets in B flat Bassoon 2 Horns in F Percussion 1 (small Triangle Tam-tam 3 suspendedCymbals) Percussion 2 (side Drum tubular Bells) Timpani Piano Harp and Strings) also reflects this. Performance time of the three movements is ca. 22 minutes.Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was an English composer of film TV and concert music and also a jazz pianist. He was based in New York City from 1979 until his death there in 2012.

Richard Rodney Bennett. First position pieces for viola and piano suitable for students of grades I and II.

This short anthem with words by M. R. Peacocke was commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund and was first performed at the 2006 festival of Saint Cecilia service in St. Paul’s Cathedral London by the combined choirs of St. Paul’s Cathedral Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral under the direction of Malcolm Archer.

Commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Proms. First performance given by the BBC Symphony Chorus conducted by Stephen Jackson at the Albert Hall on August 5th 2007.

Richard Rodney Bennett's setting of Christina Rossetti's text In the Bleak Mid-Winter. For SATB chorus unaccompanied.

Richard Rodney Bennett's piece for solo Piano based upon a melody by the celebrated French composer and performer Henry Dutilleux.

'I responded to this exciting but rather daunting commission by writing a very lively and I hope very accessible piece which I decided before I started composing should be full of tunes. I wrote it in memory of my dear friend Sheila MacCrindle who died in 1993... although this Partita is in her memory it never occurred to me to make it gloomy or dirge-like; that is not how I remember her.' Richard Rodney Bennett.Partita for Orchestra by Richard Rodney Bennett was commissioned by British Telecommunications plc in co-operation with the Association of British Orchestras to be performed byseventeen different orchestras between October 1995 and July 1996.Duration: c.17 mins.

Variations on a theme of Scott Joplin for solo piano. Based on three sections of Scott Joplin's Solace- A Mexican Serenade. First performed by John McCabe on 3 June 1985. Duration 27 minutes. Suitable for advanced pianists.