Gary Carpenter (composer) explained

Gary Carpenter
Birth Place:	Hackney, London
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Composer
Website:	http://www.garycarpenter.net

Gary Carpenter (born 1951) is a British composer, of concert music and film scores, and also operas and musicals. He is a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music.^[1] He was Associate Music Director for the film The Wicker Man, putting together the ensemble Magnet for the occasion.^{[2] [3]} Until 2021, he was a Director of the Ivors Academy.^[4] During the 2018-19 season, he was Composer in Association with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.^[5]

Carpenter's piece Dadaville premiered at the First Night of the Proms, on 17 July 2015.^[6]

Works

Orchestra

• Satie Variations (1993)^{[7] [8]}
• Dadaville (2015)

Ensemble

• Da Capo (1981)
• Die Flimmerkiste (1983)
• Ein Musikalisches Snookerspiel (1991) for wind octet
• Pantomime (1995) for woodwind orchestra
• Distanza (2004)
• After Braque (2006)

Instrumental

• Clarinet Sonata (1991)
• Van Assendelft's Vermeer (2004) for clavichord

Dance

• Children's Games (1978) for Jiří Kylián, electronic score, work includes also music from the Kindertotenlieder by Mahler^{[9] [10]}
• Interactions (1980) for Christopher Bruce^[11]

Musical

• The Streets of London (1980), libretto by Ian Barnett^[12]

Opera

• The Lost Domain (1984), three acts, libretto by Ian Barnett based on Le Grand Meaulnes^[13]
• Doggone (1990), one act, libretto by Simon Nicholson^[14]
• Nyanyushka (2007), one of six pieces making up Blind Date, libretto by Simon Nicholson^[15]

Radio drama

• The One Alone (1987), verse drama by Iris Murdoch^[16]

Soundtracks

• The Wicker Man (1973), continuous soundtrack by Paul Giovanni and Carpenter including folk song material^[17]
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)^[18]
• Ravenous, Damon Albarn, orchestration with Michael Nyman^[19]

External links

• • Web site: Staff - Gary Carpenter - Royal Academy of Music. 17 July 2015.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gary Carpenter - Royal Northern College of Music. 17 July 2015.
2. Book: John Kenneth Muir. Horror Films of the 1970s. 2002. McFarland. 978-0-7864-9156-8. 155.
3. Book: Rob Young. Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music. 19 August 2010. Faber & Faber. 978-0-571-25842-0. 41.
4. Web site: Gary Carpenter. Astute Music. 25 July 2023.
5. Web site: Gary Carpenter. Astute Music. 25 July 2023.
6. Web site: BBC - Proms 2015 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms. BBC Online. 17 July 2015.
7. Web site: Straight faces lord it over playful Satie. https://web.archive.org/web/20150820103035/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4716849/Straight-faces-lord-it-over-playful-Satie.html. dead. 20 August 2015. Fanning. David. 16 February 1999. The Daily Telegraph. 17 July 2015.
8. Web site: Satie Variations for Orchestra. Resonate (ABO/PRS). 15 June 2017.
9. Book: Horst Koegler. Dizionario della danza e del balletto. 1998. Gremese Editore. 978-88-7742-262-0. 277.
10. Book: Jack Anderson. Choreography Observed. 1 March 1997. University of Iowa Press. 978-0-87745-593-6. 156.
11. Book: Martha Bremser. Lorna Sanders. Fifty Contemporary Choreographers. 22 September 2005. Routledge. 978-1-134-85018-1. 46.
12. Book: Kurt Gänzl. The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A-Gi. 224. 2001. Schirmer Books. 978-0-02-865572-7. registration.
13. Book: Margaret Ross Griffel. Margaret Ross Griffel. Operas in English: A Dictionary. 21 December 2012. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-8325-3. 284.
14. Book: Margaret Ross Griffel. Operas in English: A Dictionary. 21 December 2012. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-8325-3. 131.
15. Book: Margaret Ross Griffel. Operas in English: A Dictionary. 21 December 2012. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-8325-3. 284.
16. Book: Contemporary Dramatists. 478. 1993. St. James Press.
17. Book: Tim Robey. The DVD Stack: The Best DVDs of the Best Movies from Around the World. 2006. Canongate. 978-1-84195-852-1. 246.
18. Web site: Carpenter, Gary, NMC Recordings. 17 July 2015.
19. Web site: Damon Albarn - Ravenous Soundtrack. 17 July 2015.