John Pitts (composer) explained

John Pitts (sometimes credited as John Michael Pitts) is a British composer, born in Surrey in 1976.

Pitts studied Music at Bristol and Manchester Universities, and specializes in music for piano solo or multiple hands.[1] He was winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Composition Prize 2003, and twice SPNM-shortlisted.[2] Composer of the album of piano music "Intensely Pleasant Music: 7 Airs & Fantasias and other piano music".[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] His setting of O Little Town of Bethlehem features on The Naxos Book of Carols sung by Tonus Peregrinus,[12] and his hymn Thy Way, Not Mine is included in Hymns and Songs of the Church,[13] another Naxos recording of Tonus Peregrinus.[14] Composer of "Are You Going?" for piano six hands, Pitts curated two Severnside Composers Alliance concerts of music for piano triet by living composers.[15] He is the younger brother of the British composer Antony Pitts.

Notes and References

  1. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7146/is_200905/ai_n32331154/?tag=content;col1 John Pitts: Changes+; Toccata; 7 Airs & Fantasias for solo piano | Musical Opinion
  2. http://www.johnpitts.co.uk/index.htm "intensely pleasant music by John Pitts"
  3. Web site: John Pitts (b1976) on Hyperion Records. Hyperion Records.
  4. Web site: Intensely pleasant music - ipm08 . 2010-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090908162307/http://www.cd.tp/ipm08/ . 8 September 2009 .
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20090907072024/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-steven-kings-intensely-pleasant-music-7-airs--fantasias-by-john-pitts-tpipm-1669799.html Album: Steven Kings, Intensely Pleasant Music: 7 Airs & Fantasias by John Pitts (TP/IPM) – Reviews, Classical
  6. http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/May09/Pitts_Kings_CDTPIPM08.htm Pitts Kings CDTPIPM08 [JW]: Classical Music Reviews – May 2009 MusicWeb-International]. Musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  7. http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/Apr09/pitts_Kings_CDTPIPM08.htm PITTS Airs CDTPIPM08 [JF]: Classical CD Reviews – April 2009 MusicWeb-International]. Musicweb-international.com (21 August 2008). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  8. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002HNUQ16 Intensely Pleasant Music: 7 Airs & Fantasias and Other Piano Music By John Pitts: Steven Kings: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads
  9. http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/john_pitts/7_airs__fantasias_and_other_piano_music/78843/ John Pitts, Steven Kings – 7 Airs & Fantasias And Other Piano Music | CROSS RHYTHMS REVIEW
  10. http://www.opusmusica.com/040/pleasant.html Intensely pleasant music
  11. http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_cd_review.php?id=7493 Classical Music :: The Classical Source :: John Pitts: Seven Airs & Fantasias :: Classical Music
  12. http://www.naxoscarols.com www.naxoscarols.com
  13. http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=924203 Gibbons: Hymns and Songs of the Church / Tonus Peregrinus
  14. http://shop.thewelcomestranger.org/hymns-and-songs-of-the-church-7-p.asp Hymns and Songs of the Church
  15. Web site: Piano Music for Six Hands; The Shape of the Future? : Seen and Heard International.

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