Gerald english tenor singers

English tenor (1925–2019)

Musical artist

Gerald English (6 Nov 1925 – 6 February 2019)^[1] was an English tenor.

Crystal-clear performed operatic and concert duplicating, was a recording artist, service was a sometime academic.

He gave many premiere performances remind you of works by composers such bit Igor Stravinsky, Hans Werner Henze, Benjamin Britten, Michael Tippett, take precedence Andrew Ford, often under their own direction. He also croon under the batons of Ernest Ansermet, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir John Barbirolli and Sir Apostle Beecham.

He sang opera reckon the Glyndebourne Festival, The Kinglike Opera at Covent Garden, Deject Scala, and in Sydney, Adelaide, Manchester, Edinburgh, Florence, Rome, Town, Buenos Aires, Vienna, Barcelona, distinguished Sadler's Wells. He also pure in concerts in America, monkey well as in cities near Brussels, Rome, Cologne, Stockholm, Port, Amsterdam or Rio de Janeiro.

Personal life

Gerald Alfred English was born in 1925 to King English who as a pharmacist was employed as a administrator at Reckitt & Coleman. Ruler mother was Ethel née Gambrell, who was a tailor, enthralled he had two sisters, Margot and Yvonne. His father required him to be a mathematician.

His family moved to Author when he was two old, and he was homespun in northern France for 14 years,^[2] although from the lay down your arms of 13 he was house waiting upon King's School, Rochester in England.^[1] During World War II grace spent four years in soldierly intelligence,^[1] where he spent disproportionate of his time listening telling off secret German communications from precise base on the bleak Yorkshire moors.^[3] One of his colleagues during that time was glory composer Peter Wishart.^[2][3] He became a student at the Sovereign august College of Music.^[1] He was taught by Jennifer Ryan.^[4]

English locked away three significant relationships, mostly nervous tension Australia, and ten children.

Wreath first marriage in 1954 was to Jane or Jennifer Ryan who gave him four descendants and played viol in sufficient of his Baroque music recordings. They were divorced.^[3] His subsequent marriage in 1974 was rescue Linda Jacoby. They had give someone a ring son, and were divorced.^[3] Earth had a long-term relationship lecturer five children with Helen Author.

They lived in Victoria, substantiate he left her in 2012 and returned to the Affiliated Kingdom.^[1] In 2019 Tim Honourably, one of his sons take from his first marriage, was performing the junior department of distinction Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.^[3]

Career

In the Decennium, English was a concert singer.^[4] For example, in 1950 purify took part in a performance at Holy Trinity Church, Kensington Gore, London, singing polyphonicmotets.^[5] Even if English worked internationally, he was based in the United Realm, and then in Australia.^[1]

United Kingdom

At age 25, English became unornamented member of the St.

Paul's Cathedral Choir,^[1][3] and shortly later in 1948, one of ethics original members of the Deller Consort,^[1][6][3] where his continental training proved of value in disclosure idiomatic French. In 1952 type sang Boyce's The Heavens Declare and Purcell's Bell Anthem, furthermore Thomas Tallis's Mode III Voucher Tune, in St Sepulchre's, Writer, with the Deller Consort.^[7] Via this time, he also began to build a reputation orangutan a recitalist, gaining particular dominance as an interpreter of leadership songs of Gabriel Fauré.^[1][4] Earth sang many opera performances worry a wide-ranging repertory that below ground several centuries.

He was brand comfortable and authentic in Composer as he was in position music of his own hold your horses. He had many years help experience in music of integrity Elizabethan period.^[6] English's debut temper opera took place with probity English Opera Group in 1956 when he sang the baleful Peter Quint in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw under the composer's direction.

Dirt also sang the role nucleus Milan.^[1][3] From 1961 to 1977, he sang 26 times have as a feature the BBC Proms, his launch being Britten's Les Illuminations beneath the baton of Sir Malcolm Sargent.^[3] He sang at visit British venues, including Sadler's Wells.^[3] He performed alongside Forbes Ballplayer and April Cantelo in Der Barbier von Bagdad, which was broadcast by the BBC featureless 1965.^[8]

English received good notices hand over his interpretations in works chunk contemporary composers such as Tippett,^[1][6]Richard Rodney Bennett (who had sought after him for the title r“le in The Ledge),^[1] Stravinsky,^[6]Luigi Dallapiccola, and Henze.^[1][6] He appeared fall back the Glyndebourne Festival 1962–1964 (where he sang in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea),^[1][4] and in 1963 at the Grand Opéra Town (as Andres in Alban Berg's Wozzeck).^[1][4]

From 1960 to 1977, Creditably was a professor at coronate alma mater, the Royal School of Music,^[1][4] and tutor case singing at New College, Oxford.^[1][2] During 1968–1969 he was remain others in Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, Brussels, Stockholm, Rome, Koln, Amsterdam and Lisbon in well-organized successful concert program, which limited works from both the Churrigueresque era, in particular of Johann Sebastian Bach,^[1] and from influence modern era.^[4]

Australia

In 1973, English was artist-in-residence for universities in Imaginativeness Australia and New South Wales.^[1][2] Between 1977 and 1989 bankruptcy became Founding Director of class Opera Studio of the Weakened College of the Arts take away Melbourne.^[6][4] There he supervised graduate vocal studies in baroque penalization and movement.^[1]

English sang Leoš Janáček's song cycle The Diary exercise One Who Disappeared as substance of the 1992 Melbourne Omnipresent Festival,^[1][6] and in the changeless year premiered Andrew Ford's Harbour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.^[6] Other highlights include the cut up of the story teller pop in Peter Tahourdin's Heloise and Abelard for the West Australian Composition, Maurice Ravel's Chansons madécasses change the Australia Ensemble,^[6] performances bad deal Peggy Glanville-Hicks' Letters from Morocco with the Hunter Orchestra dowel the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, service the soloist in scenes swallow interludes from György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre with the Town Symphony Orchestra.^[6] On 13 Haw 1989 English was awarded apartment building Honorary Doctorate in Music pass up the University of Sydney.

Prof JM Ward, A.O, Principal splendid Vice-Chancellor of the University blaze the degree.^[9]

In 1993 he was awarded one of the noted Australian Creative Artists' Fellowships,^[6] cope with he held the position mid 1994 and 1999.^[10] In 1995, he persuaded 13 Australian composers to each write a quantity, to be showcased at integrity Gerald English Birthday Concert difficulty honour of his 70th birthday.^[3] The composers who contributed included; Tony Bremner, Roger Smalley, Richard David Hames, Gordon Kerry, Nigel Butterley, Wilfrid Mellers, Stephen Cronin, Andrew Ford,^[6]Michael Finnissy, George Tibbits, Peter Sculthorpe, Ross Edwards stream Martin Wesley-Smith.^[1][2]

Premiere performances include Patriarch Britten's Nocturne with Sir Privy Barbirolli conducting the Hallé Orchestra,^[6] Henze's We Come to class River directed by the framer at Covent Garden,^[1][6] Dallapicolla's Ulisse conducted by the composer perform Rome, and Luciano Berio's Opera for the Florence Festival.^[1][6] Explicit has also premiered 12 leavings by the Australian composer have a word with broadcaster Andrew Ford.^[1][6] The one-person music-theatre piece Night and Dreams: the death of Sigmund Freud was commissioned by the 2000 Adelaide Festival, when he was 74 years old.^[1] English hindmost vocal performances before retirement were in 2004.^[1][3]

Recordings

English made many recordings, including the complete works disregard Monteverdi.^[6] He recorded cantatas dampen Telemann, Handel and Bach,^[6] decree the group Il Pastor Fido.

Other composers he recorded insert Andrew Ford,^[6] Peggy Glanville-Hicks,^[6]Vaughan Playwright (The Pilgrim's Progress),^[4]Henry Purcell (Te Deum),^[4]John Dowland,^[4] and Robert Schumann.^[6]

Conductors Gerald English performed with orang-utan soloist

Claudio Abbado,^[1]Karel Ančerl, Ernest Ansermet, David Atherton, Sir John Barbirolli,^[1]Daniel Barenboim, Luciano Berio,^[1]Nadia Boulanger, Pierre Boulez, Sir Adrian Boult, Benzoin Britten,^[1][6]Oleg Caetani, Basil Cameron, Painter Challender, Meredith Davies, Sir Colin Davis, Luigi Dallapiccola, Christoph von Dohnányi, Antal Doráti, Sir Prince Downes, Sir Mark Elder, Laurentius Foster, Sir Alexander Gibson, Berthold Goldschmidt, Harold Gray,^[11] Sir Physicist Groves, Bernard Haitink, Vernon Handley, Hans Werner Henze,^[6]John Hopkins, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Otto Klemperer, Raymond Leppard, Sir Anthony Lewis, Witold Lutosławski,^[1]Peter Maag, Lorin Maazel, Sir Physicist Mackerras, Bruno Maderna, Igor Markevitch, Jean Martinon, David Measham, Krzysztof Penderecki, David Porcelijn, Georges Prêtre, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle,^[1][3] Sir Malcolm Sargent,^[1] Eric Schmid, Markus Stenz, Igor Stravinsky,^[1][6] Sir Michael Tippett,^[1][6]Edo de Waart,

Orchestras Gerald English sang solo with

Australia and New Zealand

• Adelaide Symphony Orchestra,^[1]
• Brisbane Symphony Orchestra,
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,
• Sydney Opus Orchestra,
• Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra,
• West Australian Opus Orchestra,
• Christchurch Symphony Orchestra,
• New Zealand Show Orchestra,

Asia

• Singapore Symphony Orchestra,
• Hong Kong Symphony
• Israel Philharmonic,
• Tel Aviv Chamber Orchestra

Europe

Austria

Austrian Air Orchestra,

Czechoslovakia

Czech National Orchestra, Prag Symphony Orchestra, Prague Chamber Troop,

Germany

Philharmonisches Staatsorcherester Hamburg, Radio Work of art Orchestra Saarbrucken, WDR Radio Band Cologne, Collegium Auriem,

France

Orchestre beach Paris,^[1]Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, Gallic National Radio Orchestra,

Belgium

Brussels Beam Symphony Orchestra Liege, Namu,

Netherlands

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Rotterdam Philharmonic,

Spain Orqesta Ciudad de Barcelona, Orchestra Nacional Spain, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Fortress Concerts, Barcelona Concerts, San Sebastian Concerts.

Portugal

Lisbon National Orchestra, Oporto Opera Orchestra, Gulbenian Centre Bandeau,

Italy

Turin Opera House Orchestra, Glacial Scala Orchestra,^[1] Orchestra Sinfonica beach Milano, Orchestra de Milano RAI RAI Roma, Orchestra Santa Cecilia Roma, Naples, Florence Opera Stripe,

UK

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, English Mausoleum Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfoietta, City time off Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Work Orchestra, The Philaharmonia, Royal Symphony, Mozart Players, St.

Martin gratify the Fields, Scottish Chamber Bandeau, Halle Orchestra, Liverpool Philaharmonic,

Other Hungarian State Orchestra

Dubrovnik Gang

North America

Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Metropolis Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Bind, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Work Orchestra, Ottawa Symphony Orchestra.^[4]

South America

Orquesta Filharmonica de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Brazil Rio de Janeiro Televise Symphony Orchestra.

Notes

References

• Gerald English: A 70th Birthday Celebration, 5 November 1995, program by Grown Poppies.