Roger Redgate
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Roger Redgate is a British musician.
He was born in Bolton
, Lancashire
. He graduated at the Royal College of Music
, where he won prizes for composition, violin performance, harmony and counterpoint
. A DAAD scholarship enabled him to study with Brian Ferneyhough
and Klaus Huber
in Freiburg
. From 1984 and 1994 he was a member of the Composers Forum at the Darmstadt summer school, where he received the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis for composition in 1988. From 1989 to 1992 he was Northern Arts Fellow in Composition at the universities of Durham and Newcastle (Fox 2001).
He is conductor and artistic director of Ensemble Exposé, which he founded in 1984 together with Richard Barrett
(Fox 2001), and with which he performs regularly at European festivals and on BBC Radio 3
. They are is currently preparing a CD recording of recent works by Brian Ferneyhough.
He has worked in the fields of jazz, improvised music, film and television (including programmes for the BBC
and Channel 4
), and performance art. His compositions have been performed extensively throughout Europe
, Australia
and the United States
and he has received commissions from the BBC, Biennale, and Ensemble 21 New York. He has published articles on music and culture, the music of Brian Ferneyhough and Michael Finnissy, including a chapter in the book Uncommon Ground: The Music of Michael Finnissy.
CD recordings of his works are available on the NMC
and Edition Zeitklang labels and further recordings are in preparation due for release on the Metier and NMC labels. His compositions are published by Editions Henry Lemoine, Paris, United Music Publishers, London and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
Since 1997 Roger Redgate has been a lecturer in Goldsmiths College, University of London (Fox 2001).
• Published by Editions Henry Lemoine, Paris † Published by United Music Publishers, London **Published by the ABRSM
•
In collaboration with artist Shirazeh Houshiary and architect Pip Horne
He was born in Bolton
Bolton
Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
. He graduated at the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
, where he won prizes for composition, violin performance, harmony and counterpoint
Counterpoint
In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent . It has been most commonly identified in classical music, developing strongly during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period,...
. A DAAD scholarship enabled him to study with Brian Ferneyhough
Brian Ferneyhough
Brian John Peter Ferneyhough is an English composer. His music is characterized by the extensive use of complex rhythmic tuplet notation which features in all his works...
and Klaus Huber
Klaus Huber
Klaus Huber is a Swiss composer.Huber was born in Bern, Switzerland. One of the leading figures of his generation in Europe, he has written extensively for chamber ensembles, choirs, soloists and the orchestra as well as the theater...
in Freiburg
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
. From 1984 and 1994 he was a member of the Composers Forum at the Darmstadt summer school, where he received the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis for composition in 1988. From 1989 to 1992 he was Northern Arts Fellow in Composition at the universities of Durham and Newcastle (Fox 2001).
He is conductor and artistic director of Ensemble Exposé, which he founded in 1984 together with Richard Barrett
Richard Barrett (composer)
Richard Barrett is a British composer.-Biography:Barrett began to study music seriously only after graduating in genetics and microbiology at University College London in 1980 . From then until 1983 he took private lessons with Peter Wiegold...
(Fox 2001), and with which he performs regularly at European festivals and on BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation...
. They are is currently preparing a CD recording of recent works by Brian Ferneyhough.
He has worked in the fields of jazz, improvised music, film and television (including programmes for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
), and performance art. His compositions have been performed extensively throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and he has received commissions from the BBC, Biennale, and Ensemble 21 New York. He has published articles on music and culture, the music of Brian Ferneyhough and Michael Finnissy, including a chapter in the book Uncommon Ground: The Music of Michael Finnissy.
CD recordings of his works are available on the NMC
NMC Recordings
NMC Recordings is a British recording label which specialises in recording works by living British composers.-History:The composer Colin Matthews founded NMC in 1988, with financial assistance from the Holst Foundation. NMC is an abbreviation for "New Music Cassettes", which refers to the intended...
and Edition Zeitklang labels and further recordings are in preparation due for release on the Metier and NMC labels. His compositions are published by Editions Henry Lemoine, Paris, United Music Publishers, London and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
Since 1997 Roger Redgate has been a lecturer in Goldsmiths College, University of London (Fox 2001).
Compositions
- Celan Songs* soprano/ens 8’ Commissioned by the New Music Players
- Eos* clt/pno 10’ Commissioned by Roger Heaton and Susan Bradshaw
- Eperons* ob/perc 7’ Commissioned by Christopher Redgate
- Inventio solo sax/ens 12’ Commissioned by The Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik
- String Quartet No 1* 10’ For the Arditti String Quartet
- Study for a Triptych cello/piano 8’
- String Quartet No 2* 12’ Commissioned by the Venice Biennale for the Arditti String Quartet
- …of torn pathways* vln/ 2 perc 6’ Commissioned by The New MacNaughten Concerts
- mirlitonnades † sop/piano 1’ Commissioned by Alison Smart and Katherine Durran
- Oboe Quintet† Commissioned by the BBC
- Pierrot on the Stage of Desire* ens 8’ Commissioned by Ensemble 21 New York
- Vers-Glas* 14 amplified voices 8’ Commissioned by Fondation Royaumont/French Ministry of Culture
- Ausgangspunkte* solo oboe 12’ Commissioned by Christopher Redgate
- Atemkristall† solo amplified quarter-tone flute 4’ Commissioned by Ann La Berge
- Beuys* piano 2’ Commissioned by Iyvar Mikashoff
- Eidos* piano 1’30 Commissioned by Michael Finnissy
- Genoi Hoios Essi* piano 7’ Commissioned by The GLA for Barry Douglas
- Graffiti* soprano sax 8’ Commissioned by Stephen Cottrell
- Pas au-dela* piano 6’ Commissioned by James Clapperton
- +R* clarinet 10’ Commissioned by Roger Heaton
- Feu la cendre* cello 10’ Commissioned by Julia Ryder
- ruins true refuge† bass 5’ Commissioned by Corrado Canonici
- trace** piano 1’ Commissioned by Thalia Myers
- arc** piano 30” Commissioned by Thalia Myers
- écart** piano 30” Commissioned by Thalia Myers
• Published by Editions Henry Lemoine, Paris † Published by United Music Publishers, London **Published by the ABRSM
•
Music for Films
- IGLOO, Sound on Film series. First Screening: The Scientific Society Lecture Theatre, London 1999.
- SLEEP, director Ian Cottage. Commissioned by the British Film Institute and Channel 4. First Screening: Channel 4, 1988
- Informer, director Ian Cottage. Commissioned by Channel 4 in association with Common Features. First Screening: Channel 4, 1998
- moments and contacts, director Lars Reimer. Featuring Roger Redgate as composer and conductor. First Screening: Hamburg, 1997
- Mangetout, director Ian Cottage. Commissioned by the BBC for the 10 x 10 series. First Screening: London International Film Festival.
- Blue Scars, director Ian Cottage. Commissioned by the South Bank International Poetry Festival. First Screening: Purcell Room, The Southbank Centre, 1995.
- Small Gestures, director Ian Cottage. Music for an experimental documentary. First Screening: London International Film Festival, 1994.
Sound Installation
The Sunlight Cube playground, Gloucester Primary School, Peckham.In collaboration with artist Shirazeh Houshiary and architect Pip Horne
Discography
- ruins true refuge, Recorded by Corrado Canonici on A Roaring Flame (NMC D079)
- +R, Recorded by Andrew Sparling on NMC D092
- trace, Recorded by Thalia Myers on Spectrum NMC Recordings (NMC 0051)
- arc, recorded by Thalia Myers (piano) on Spectrum NMC Recordings (NMC 0057)
- Eperons, recorded by Peter Veale and Olaf Tzschoppe (Trio Surplus), Edition Zeitklang, Germany.
- Mirlitonnades (Doggerel verses) recorded by Alison Smart and Katharine Durran (voice, piano) on"New french Song (Metier 92100)
- Residua, recorded by Jane Chapman (harpsichord) on "Wired: Works for Harpsichord and Electronics" (NMC 0145)
- Oboe Quintet and Éperons, recorded by Christopher Redgate and the Kreutzer String Quartet, on "Greatest Hits of All Time" (Metier 28513)
Sources
- Barrett, Richard. 1995. "Critical/Convulsive: The Music of Roger Redgate". Contemporary Music Review 13:133–46.
- Fox, Christopher. 2001. "Redgate, Roger (John)". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley SadieStanley SadieStanley Sadie CBE was a leading British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , which was published as the first edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.Sadie was educated at St Paul's School,...
and John TyrrellJohn Tyrrell (professor of music)John Tyrrell was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in 1942. He studied at the universities of Cape Town, Oxford and Brno. In 2000 he was appointed Research Professor at Cardiff University....
. London: Macmillan Publishers.
External links
- Goldsmiths University Profile
- http://www.ump.co.uk/