Alan Charlton, Composer
"....the material is attractive and the personality distinctive." The Times

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A Solis Ortus Cardine
(choir)
String Quartet no.1

Quintetto
(chamber ensemble)
Duo Concertant
(cello and piano)
Concertino for String Ensemble
Look and Bow Down
(choir and orchestra)
The Tide of Time
(orchestra)
Heads off for Henry
(children's choir and ensemble)
Étude
solo horn

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Born in 1970 in London, Alan Charlton started composing at the age of six. He studied at the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music and the University of Bristol and his composition teachers have included Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Judith Weir, Robert Saxton and Raymond Warren. He was the first ever recipient of a PhD in Musical Composition at the University of Bristol and from 1999-2002 became the first Eileen Norris Fellow in Composition at Bedford School.

Many of his works, including Earth, Sweet Earth, String Quartet no.1, Quintetto, Jubilate Deo, A Solis Ortus Cardine and Étude have been prizewinners in major competitions and Look and Bow Down, a 30-minute cantata performed at a sell-out concert in The Barbican in 2003, was selected as one of Classical Music magazine's 'Premières of the Year'. He has had performances by The Lindsays and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, commissions from Harrogate International Festival and Music in the Round Festival and his music has been performed internationally and broadcast on Radio 3.

Recent pieces include a work commissioned by Richard Hand and Leonid Gorokhov, Suite for Cello and Guitar, a setting of a medieval drinking song, Bring us Good Ale and a revised version of String Quartet no.1. Recently performed works include String Quartet no.1, given by the Quince Quartet at the 2005 Cratfield Festival, Cancion Del Oeste, which was toured by the Irish Guitar Trio in 2005, and A Solis Ortus Cardine, which was performed by the St Louis Chamber Choir in 2005 and will be performed later this year by the City of Canterbury Chamber Choir.

"...immense promise, structural skill, technical fluency and imagination." Musical Opinion

"Alan Charlton's Jubilate Deo had incredible presence..." The Scotsman

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