Alec Roth (1948) is an English
composer. He is best known for his collaboration with
Vikram Seth to produce the opera Arion and the Dolphin in 1994 based on the myth of
Arion.[1]
Roth studied music from 1976 as a mature student at
Durham University, having previously completed a science degree at the
University of Nottingham.[2] He earned a doctorate from Durham in 1986.[3] His thesis was entitled New composition for Javanese gamelan.[4]
Works, editions and recordings
California Songbook - settings of poems written by
Vikram Seth when he was living on the West Coast of the US
Sometime I Sing - settings for solo voice and guitar, including: My Lute and I; Dark Night; 3 Night Songs; Autumnal; English Folk Songs; Lights Out.
Mark Padmore, Morgan Szymanski piano. Signum Records, 2013
Earthrise (2009) - A choral work inspired by the
photograph of the same name taken from lunar orbit in 1968, considering the positive and negative sides of the human race's mastery and control of the world. The work was commissioned by the UK choir
Ex Cathedra for the 40th anniversary of its founding, which was in the same year (2009) as the 40th anniversary of the
Moon landing. It was written for 40-part choir, on the model of
Thomas Tallis's famous Spem in alium.[5]Earthrise also includes an example of
eye music - in the central two pages of the work, the music's layout spells out the word 'ecce' (the
Latin for 'behold') as the choir sings the same word.
A Time to Dance (2012) - An oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra on the theme of the seasons of the year, the times of day and the stages of the human lifespan.[6] Hyperion Records, 2016
References
^Jack Richard Literature 2005 p181 "The libretto was published to coincide with the first performance of an opera of the same name, with music by English composer Alec Roth, at the English National Opera in London, in 1 994. Seth returned to the novel form with An Equal Music .."
Alec Roth (1948) is an English
composer. He is best known for his collaboration with
Vikram Seth to produce the opera Arion and the Dolphin in 1994 based on the myth of
Arion.[1]
Roth studied music from 1976 as a mature student at
Durham University, having previously completed a science degree at the
University of Nottingham.[2] He earned a doctorate from Durham in 1986.[3] His thesis was entitled New composition for Javanese gamelan.[4]
Works, editions and recordings
California Songbook - settings of poems written by
Vikram Seth when he was living on the West Coast of the US
Sometime I Sing - settings for solo voice and guitar, including: My Lute and I; Dark Night; 3 Night Songs; Autumnal; English Folk Songs; Lights Out.
Mark Padmore, Morgan Szymanski piano. Signum Records, 2013
Earthrise (2009) - A choral work inspired by the
photograph of the same name taken from lunar orbit in 1968, considering the positive and negative sides of the human race's mastery and control of the world. The work was commissioned by the UK choir
Ex Cathedra for the 40th anniversary of its founding, which was in the same year (2009) as the 40th anniversary of the
Moon landing. It was written for 40-part choir, on the model of
Thomas Tallis's famous Spem in alium.[5]Earthrise also includes an example of
eye music - in the central two pages of the work, the music's layout spells out the word 'ecce' (the
Latin for 'behold') as the choir sings the same word.
A Time to Dance (2012) - An oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra on the theme of the seasons of the year, the times of day and the stages of the human lifespan.[6] Hyperion Records, 2016
References
^Jack Richard Literature 2005 p181 "The libretto was published to coincide with the first performance of an opera of the same name, with music by English composer Alec Roth, at the English National Opera in London, in 1 994. Seth returned to the novel form with An Equal Music .."