Richard Baker
Richard Baker was born in 1972 and received his earliest musical education … Read Full Bio ↴Richard Baker was born in 1972 and received his earliest musical education as a chorister in Lichfield Cathedral Choir. After reading Music at Exeter College, Oxford, he was awarded a Netherlands Government Scholarship for study with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Doctoral study followed under John Woolrich at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Learning to Fly (1999), a concertante for Basset clarinet and ensemble, was premièred by Timothy Lines and the London Sinfonietta under Martyn Brabbins at the 1999 State of the Nation weekend. Los RÑbanos (1998) has been performed and broadcast widely, and was recorded by the Composers Ensemble on The Hoxton Thirteen CD for NMC Recordings. Additionally, Richard's music has been performed by the Britten Sinfonia, The Brunel Ensemble, and the BBC Singers at the Aldeburgh, Spitalfields and Hampstead and Highgate festivals, the EuropÀischer Musikmonat (Switzerland) and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Acclaimed as a talented and versatile conductor of the contemporary repertoire, Richard has directed many of the UK's leading new music ensembles including Almeida Opera, Apartment House, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Composers Ensemble, London Sinfonietta and [rout]. In November 2004 he made his debut with German ensemble musikFabrik, and in January 2006 was Music Director for Labor fΓΌr Musik Theater's production of Franco Evangelisti's Die Schachtel, at the Ultraschall festival in Berlin.
Recent commissions include: Slow passage, low prospect, a cycle of songs for Christopher Purves (baritone) and Andrew West (piano) in collaboration with poet Lavinia Greenlaw for the 2004 Aldeburgh Festival; and Written on a train (2006) commissioned by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust for mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn and an outstanding group of young instrumentalists led by violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Future projects include a work for New York based trio 'Real Quiet' for the 2008 Muzik3 festival in San Diego, and a larger scale work for Christianne Stotijn with percussionist Colin Currie.
Richard is currently Fellow-Commoner in Music at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and a Professor of Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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a British newsreader who made some spoken word recordings in the 1960s and 1970s
Learning to Fly (1999), a concertante for Basset clarinet and ensemble, was premièred by Timothy Lines and the London Sinfonietta under Martyn Brabbins at the 1999 State of the Nation weekend. Los RÑbanos (1998) has been performed and broadcast widely, and was recorded by the Composers Ensemble on The Hoxton Thirteen CD for NMC Recordings. Additionally, Richard's music has been performed by the Britten Sinfonia, The Brunel Ensemble, and the BBC Singers at the Aldeburgh, Spitalfields and Hampstead and Highgate festivals, the EuropÀischer Musikmonat (Switzerland) and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Acclaimed as a talented and versatile conductor of the contemporary repertoire, Richard has directed many of the UK's leading new music ensembles including Almeida Opera, Apartment House, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Composers Ensemble, London Sinfonietta and [rout]. In November 2004 he made his debut with German ensemble musikFabrik, and in January 2006 was Music Director for Labor fΓΌr Musik Theater's production of Franco Evangelisti's Die Schachtel, at the Ultraschall festival in Berlin.
Recent commissions include: Slow passage, low prospect, a cycle of songs for Christopher Purves (baritone) and Andrew West (piano) in collaboration with poet Lavinia Greenlaw for the 2004 Aldeburgh Festival; and Written on a train (2006) commissioned by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust for mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn and an outstanding group of young instrumentalists led by violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Future projects include a work for New York based trio 'Real Quiet' for the 2008 Muzik3 festival in San Diego, and a larger scale work for Christianne Stotijn with percussionist Colin Currie.
Richard is currently Fellow-Commoner in Music at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and a Professor of Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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a British newsreader who made some spoken word recordings in the 1960s and 1970s
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01Peter and the Wolf - A Musical Tale for Children Op. 67 [Baker version] (1995 Digital Remaster): Early one morning... (Peter)Richard BakerRichard Baker
03Newsreel No. 1 - Holst: The Planets Op.32 Saturn - Elgar: Enigma Variations Opus36: Variation 5Richard BakerRichard Baker
10The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34 (Baker version) (1995 Digital Remaster): D: Bassoons - Allegro con marciaRichard BakerRichard Baker
12Elgar: Newsreel No. 1 - Holst: The Planets Op.32 Saturn - Elgar: Enigma Variations Opus36: Variation 5Richard BakerRichard Baker
14The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34 (Baker version) (1995 Digital Remaster): E: Violins - Brillante, alla polaccaRichard BakerRichard Baker
15The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34 (Baker version) (1995 Digital Remaster): H: Double basses - Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando al allegroRichard BakerRichard Baker
16The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34 (Baker version) (1995 Digital Remaster): G: Cellos - L'istesso tempoRichard BakerRichard Baker
17The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34 (Baker version) (1995 Digital Remaster): M: Percussion - ModeratoRichard BakerRichard Baker
18The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34 (Baker version) (1995 Digital Remaster): Spoken introductionRichard BakerRichard Baker
19Peter and the Wolf - A Musical Tale for Children Op. 67 [Baker version] (1995 Digital Remaster): On a branch of a big tree (The Bird)Richard BakerRichard Baker
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