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Celebration Of Martin Read / Various (Uk)
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Celebration Of Martin Read / Various (Uk)
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1. Before History
2. Autumn
3. The Death of Colonel Boles - I. Prologue
4. The Death of Colonel Boles - II. Sir William Walter and His Jig
5. The Death of Colonel Boles - III. the Battle of Alton
6. The Death of Colonel Boles - IV. Prince Rupert's March
7. The Death of Colonel Boles - V. St. Lawrence Church
8. The Death of Colonel Boles - VI. Hoptons Dumpe
9. The Death of Colonel Boles - VII. Bring Me a Mourning Scarf
10. The Death of Colonel Boles - VIII. Colonel Boles and His Pavane the Death of Colonel Boles - IX. Epilogue
11. Mary Rose Songs I. the Ballad of Mary Rose
12. Mary Rose Songs II. the Cabin Boy's Song
13. Mary Rose Songs III. Seven Fathoms Deep
14. Mary Rose Songs IV. Mary's Lament
15. Drawing Details in An Old Church
16. Troper Fragment
17. Angel of History
18. Death Be Not Proud
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A Celebration of Martin Read. Martin Read was a highly regarded English Composer. Martin Read (1959 - 2012) - composer Born in Birmingham, Martin attended Bishop Vesey's Grammer School. He studied music at Colchester Institute and Goldsmiths, London University, where he gained a masters in composition. In 1988 he was admitted as a Fellow of Trinity College of Music, London (FTCL) and from 1996 to 2002 was a shortlisted composer with the Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM). His music has been performed by numerous ensembles and choirs, and has featured at many contemporary music festivals, including Spittalfields, Southern Cathedrals, Corsham, Malvern, Farnham, Bath and Huddersfield. His music has also been performed across the USA and Europe. Berlin-based Saxophonquadrat has taken his Earth Waiting to Belgrade, Skopje and Bitola. In May 1999 Martin was appointed Millennium Composer to the Hampshire 2000 project, a position which required him to write for a large number of works for Hampshire county, area and school ensembles, including his cantata The Death of Colonel Boles. The 2000 project culminated in Martin conducting around 700 young performers in his Mary Rose in the Schools Prom in the Royal Albert Hall, April 2000. The Death of Colonel Boles Ensemble, Camarada, Sylvia Turner, Commotio, Sarah Fryer, Hampshire Youth Junior Choir, Tom Bullard, David Owen Norris, Joseph Spooner, Jake Rea.
