Gary Carpenter (composer)

Gary Carpenter
Born	Hackney, London
Nationality	British
Occupation	Composer
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Gary Carpenter (born 1951) is a British composer, of concert music and film scores, and also operas and musicals. He is a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music. ^[1] He was Associate Music Director for the film The Wicker Man , putting together the ensemble Magnet for the occasion. ^{[2] [3]} Until 2021, he was a Director of the Ivors Academy. ^[4] During the 2018-19 season, he was Composer in Association with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. ^[4]

Carpenter's piece Dadaville premiered at the First Night of the Proms, on 17 July 2015. ^[5]

Works

Orchestra

• Satie Variations (1993) ^{[6] [7]}
• Dadaville (2015)

Ensemble

• Da Capo (1981)
• Die Flimmerkiste (1983)
• Ein Musikalisches Snookerspiel (1991) for wind octet
• Pantomime (1995) for woodwind orchestra
• Distanza (2004)
• After Braque (2006)

Instrumental

• Clarinet Sonata (1991)
• Van Assendelft's Vermeer (2004) for clavichord

Dance

• Children's Games (1978) for Jiří Kylián, electronic score, work includes also music from the Kindertotenlieder by Mahler ^{[8] [9]}
• Interactions (1980) for Christopher Bruce ^[10]

Musical

• The Streets of London (1980), libretto by Ian Barnett ^[11]

Opera

• The Lost Domain (1984), three acts, libretto by Ian Barnett based on Le Grand Meaulnes ^[12]
• Doggone (1990), one act, libretto by Simon Nicholson ^[13]
• Nyanyushka (2007), one of six pieces making up Blind Date, libretto by Simon Nicholson ^[14]

Radio drama

• The One Alone (1987), verse drama by Iris Murdoch ^[15]

Soundtracks

• The Wicker Man (1973), continuous soundtrack by Paul Giovanni and Carpenter including folk song material ^[16]
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) ^[17]
• Ravenous , Damon Albarn, orchestration with Michael Nyman ^[18]

References

1. "Gary Carpenter - Royal Northern College of Music" . Retrieved 17 July 2015.
2. John Kenneth Muir (2002). Horror Films of the 1970s. McFarland. p. 155. ISBN   978-0-7864-9156-8.
3. Rob Young (19 August 2010). Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music. Faber & Faber. p. 41. ISBN   978-0-571-25842-0.
4. "Gary Carpenter". Astute Music. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
5. "BBC - Proms 2015 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms". BBC Online . Retrieved 17 July 2015.
6. Fanning, David (16 February 1999). "Straight faces lord it over playful Satie". The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
7. "Satie Variations for Orchestra". Resonate (ABO/PRS). Retrieved 15 June 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
8. Horst Koegler (1998). Dizionario della danza e del balletto. Gremese Editore. p. 277. ISBN   978-88-7742-262-0.
9. Jack Anderson (1 March 1997). Choreography Observed. University of Iowa Press. p. 156. ISBN   978-0-87745-593-6.
10. Martha Bremser; Lorna Sanders (22 September 2005). Fifty Contemporary Choreographers. Routledge. p. 46. ISBN   978-1-134-85018-1.
11. Kurt Gänzl (2001). The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A-Gi . Schirmer Books. p.  224. ISBN   978-0-02-865572-7.
12. Margaret Ross Griffel (21 December 2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 284. ISBN   978-0-8108-8325-3.
13. Margaret Ross Griffel (21 December 2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 131. ISBN   978-0-8108-8325-3.
14. Margaret Ross Griffel (21 December 2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 284. ISBN   978-0-8108-8325-3.
15. Contemporary Dramatists. St. James Press. 1993. p. 478.
16. Tim Robey (2006). The DVD Stack: The Best DVDs of the Best Movies from Around the World. Canongate. p. 246. ISBN   978-1-84195-852-1.
17. "Carpenter, Gary, NMC Recordings". Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
18. "Damon Albarn - Ravenous Soundtrack" . Retrieved 17 July 2015.

External links

• Gary Carpenter at IMDb
• "Staff - Gary Carpenter - Royal Academy of Music" . Retrieved 17 July 2015.