- Brian Elias
Brian Elias (born
30 August 1948 , Bombay,India ) is a Britishcomposer .Biography
Brian Elias studied at
London ’sRoyal College of Music withHumphrey Searle and Bernard Stevens and privately withElisabeth Lutyens . After five years working at a finance company inNew York , he returned to London to re-establish his musical career. The development of his language can betraced through his major orchestral works. The Webernesque Le Chevelure (1967 ) was followed twelve years later by Somnia; the intensity of L’Eylah (1983 ) is built upon in the exquisite FiveSongs to Poems byIrina Ratushinskaya (1989 ) and the powerfully expressionist ballet The Judas Tree (1991), leads to the playful but dark The House that Jack Built (2001).Career highlights
*1965 - commenced informal composition studies with Elisabeth Lutyens.
*1984 - "L’Eylah" premiered at the BBC Proms.
*1989 - premiere of "Five Songs to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya".
*1993 - Olivier Award for Best New Dance Work for "The Judas Tree".
*1999 - NVC video of "The Judas Tree" wins International Emmy Award for Performing Arts.
*2001 - "The House that Jack Built" premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.Key works
* "L’Eylah" (1983;
orchestra )
* "Geranos" (1984; chamber ensemble)
* "Pythikos Nomos" (1987-8;saxophone ,piano )
* "Five Songs to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya" (1989;mezzo-soprano , orchestra)
* "The Judas Tree" (1991;ballet )
* "Laments"(1998; mezzo-soprano, semi-chorus, orchestra)Selected recordings
* [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2441&State_2934=2&discId_2934=545 "Laments; Five Songs to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya"] - NMC D064
* "Pythikos Nomos" - Col Legno AU31817
* [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2441&State_2934=2&discId_2934=1315 "Fantasia"] - NMC D098External links
* [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2431&State_2905=2&composerId_2905=420 Brian Elias' homepage at Chester Music]
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