Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Alexander Goehr
Born: August 10th, 1932
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Upcoming:
'Cities and Thrones and Powers'
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
February 29th, 2012 | Kings College - Cambridge - United Kingdom
Quintet for clarinet and strings
March 13th, 2012 | Wigmore Hall - London - United Kingdom
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Chronology
1932
Born 10 August in Berlin, the son of the conductor Walter Goehr
1933
Brought to England and educated at Berkhamsted School
1951-2
First acknowledged compositions: Songs of Babel, Sonata for piano
1952-55
Studies composition with Richard Hall at the Royal Manchester College of Music.
Founds the New Music Manchester Group with his fellow students Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Maxwell Davies, Elgar Howarth and John Ogdon.
Founds the New Music Manchester Group with his fellow students Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Maxwell Davies, Elgar Howarth and John Ogdon.
1955-56
Attends Olivier Messiaen's master class at the Paris Conservatoire and studies strict counterpoint with Yvonne Loriod.
1955-60
Works in London as a freelance editor and translator.
Cappriccio for piano, op.6, Variations for flute and piano, op.8, Four Songs from the Japanese, op.9, Sutter's Gold, op.10
Cappriccio for piano, op.6, Variations for flute and piano, op.8, Four Songs from the Japanese, op.9, Sutter's Gold, op.10
1956-57
String Quartet No. 1
1960-68
Producer, orchestral concerts at the BBC.
1961
Suite, op.11, Hecuba's Lament, op.12
1962
Violin Concerto, op.13, Two Choruses, op.14
1963
Little Symphony, op.15, Little Music for Strings, op.16
1964-65
Organises Wardour Castle Summer School of Music with Birtwistle and Maxwell Davies.
Five Poems and an Epigram of William Blake, op.17, Three Pieces for Piano, op.18, Pastorals, op.19
Five Poems and an Epigram of William Blake, op.17, Three Pieces for Piano, op.18, Pastorals, op.19
1966
Piano Trio, op.20
1967
World première of Arden Muss Sterben (Arden Must Die) at the Hamburg State Opera.
String Quartet No. 2, op.23
String Quartet No. 2, op.23
1967-72
Musical director of the Music Theatre Ensemble
1968
In Tokyo on a Churchill Scholarship.
Romanza for cello and orchestra, op.24
Romanza for cello and orchestra, op.24
1968-69
Associate Professor of Music at the New England Conservatory, Boston.
Naboth's Vineyard, op.25, Konzertstück, op.26, Nonomiya, op.27, Paraphrase for clarinet, op.28
Naboth's Vineyard, op.25, Konzertstück, op.26, Nonomiya, op.27, Paraphrase for clarinet, op.28
1969-70
Associate Professor of Music at Yale University
1970-71
Visiting lecturer at Southampton University.
Symphony in One Movement, op.29, Shadowplay, op.30, Sonata about Jerusalem, op.31, Concerto for Eleven, op.32
Symphony in One Movement, op.29, Shadowplay, op.30, Sonata about Jerusalem, op.31, Concerto for Eleven, op.32
1971-76
West Riding Professor and Head of Music Department, University of Leeds.
1972
Piano Concerto, op.33
1973
Awarded Hon. DMus (Southampton)
1974
UK première of Arden Must Die, New Opera Company, London.
Chaconne for Wind, op.34, Lyric Pieces, op.35, Metamorphosis/Dance, op.36
Chaconne for Wind, op.34, Lyric Pieces, op.35, Metamorphosis/Dance, op.36
1976
Artistic Director of the Leeds Musical Festival.
String Quartet No. 3, op.37, Psalm IV, op.38a, Fugue on the Notes of Psalm IV, op.38b
String Quartet No. 3, op.37, Psalm IV, op.38a, Fugue on the Notes of Psalm IV, op.38b
1976-99
Professor of Music, University of Cambridge
1976
Awarded Hon. ARCM
1977
Romanza on the Notes of Psalm IV, op.38c
1979
Gives 4 lectures for BBC Radio 3 'Modern Music and Society'.
Babylon the Great is Fallen, op.20, Das Gesetz der Quadrille, op.41, Sinfonia, op.42
Babylon the Great is Fallen, op.20, Das Gesetz der Quadrille, op.41, Sinfonia, op.42
1980
Awarded Hon. FRNCM
1981
Featured composer, Musica Nova, Glasgow.
Deux Etudes, op. 43, Behold the Sun (dramatic scena), op.44a
Deux Etudes, op. 43, Behold the Sun (dramatic scena), op.44a
1981
Awarded Hon. FRCM
1982
Awarded Hon. Mem. American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
1985
World première of Behold the Sun (Die Wiedertäufer) at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
...a musical offering (J.S.B. 1985)..., op.46, Two Imitations of Baudelaire, op.47
...a musical offering (J.S.B. 1985)..., op.46, Two Imitations of Baudelaire, op.47
1986
Symphony with Chaconne, op.48
1987
UK première of Behold the Sun, BBC studio production. Gives the BBC Reith Lectures on 'The Survival of the Symphony'.
1988
Feature Composer, King's Lynn Festival.
Eve Dreams in Paradise, op.49, ...in real time, op.50
Eve Dreams in Paradise, op.49, ...in real time, op.50
1990
Featured Composer, Aldeburgh Festival.
Sing Ariel, op.51, String Quartet No. 4, op.52
Sing Ariel, op.51, String Quartet No. 4, op.52
1992
The Death of Moses, op.53, Colossos or Panic, op.55
1993
Composer-in-Residence, Tanglewood Festival.
1994
Awarded Hon. DMus (Manchester, Nottingham)
1995
World première of Arianna, Royal Opera House, London.
1996
Staging and recording of Arianna in the Guildhall, University of Cambridge.
Schlussgesang, op.61, Quintet "Five objects Darkly", op.62
Schlussgesang, op.61, Quintet "Five objects Darkly", op.62
1997
BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week.
Idées Fixes, op.63, Sur terre, en l'air, op.64
Idées Fixes, op.63, Sur terre, en l'air, op.64
1998
Gives the Prince of Hesse Memorial Lecture at the Aldeburgh Festival on 'The Songs we Love to Sing (Variations on a Theme of Benjamin Britten)'.
1999
World première of Kantan and Damask Drum, Theater Dortmund.
Professor Emertius, University of Cambridge.
Professor Emertius, University of Cambridge.
1999
Awarded Hon. DMus (Sienna)
2000
Piano Quintet, op.69, Suite op.70
2000
Awarded Dr hc (Cambridge)
2001
UK première of Kantan and Damask Drum, Aldeburgh and Almeida Festivals and French premiere, Paris.
2001
Awarded Hon. Prof. Beijing University
2002
...a second musical offering, op.71, ...around Stravinsky, op.72
2003
Marching to Carcassonne, op.74, Adagio (Autoporträt), op.75
2004
Dark Days, op.76
2005
Fantasie, op.77
2006
Broken Lute, op.78
2007
75th birthday marked with CD release of Symmetry Disorders Reach and portrait concert at the Wigmore Hall, London
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