Robin Orr

Robin Orr

Robert Kelmsley (Robin) Orr CBE (2 June 1909 - 9 April 2006) was a Scottish composer.

Born in Brechin, he studied at the Royal College of Music in London and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Following studies with Alfredo Casella and Nadia Boulanger he returned to Cambridge in 1938 as Organist of St John's College. During his war service Herbert Howells deputized for him. After World War II he became a lecturer at Cambridge and a professor at the Royal College of Music, then Gardiner Professor of Music at Glasgow University from 1956 to 1965. He returned to Cambridge in 1965 as Professor of Music, a post he held until his retirement in 1976 (later Emeritus). He was made a CBE in 1972.

His works include three operas: "Full Circle" (STV for Scottish Opera, 1968), "Hermiston" (Edinburgh Festival 1975) and "On the Razzle" (RSAMD 1988), three Symphonies, and the "Sinfonietta Helvetica" (1990), alongside church music and solo and chamber works.

External links

* [http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/robin_orr Official website]
* [http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/five-centuries.htm The Five Centuries of Scottish Music collection] contains free digitized scores of his works.


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