Dame Judith WeirDBE HonFRSE (born 11 May 1954[1]) is a British composer serving as Master of the King's Music. Appointed in 2014 by Queen Elizabeth II, Weir is the first woman to hold this office.[2]
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JudithWeir DBE HonFRSE (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer serving as Master of the King's Music. Appointed in 2014 by Queen Elizabeth II, Weir...
the west, and Mull is five miles south. In 1990 the Scottish composer JudithWeir wrote a 10-minute piece for two pianos called Ardnamurchan Point for...
produced his Salute to Thomas Merritt, Op. 98, whilst Michael Nyman and JudithWeir both brought new operas to the stage. The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World...
(1893–1918); Sofia Gubaidulina (1931–); Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023); and JudithWeir (born 1954 and the first woman to hold the office of Master of the King's...
to the Sea by Britten and Auden, the world premieres of Concrete by JudithWeir at the Barbican and Howard Goodall's Jason and the Argonauts at the Royal...
Blond Eckbert is an opera by Scottish composer JudithWeir. The composer wrote the English-language libretto herself, basing it on the cryptic supernatural...
Billy Joel Visiting Composer Series with residency by Scottish composer JudithWeir" (Press release). Syracuse University. February 14, 2008. Archived from...
commissions were performed by the orchestra before the service — those by JudithWeir; Sir Karl Jenkins; a vocal piece by Sarah Class performed by Pretty Yende;...
Orford Church, and new works by Harrison Birtwistle, Wolfgang Rihm, JudithWeir, Magnus Lindberg and Richard Rodney Bennett. The Aldeburgh Festival retains...
2002 album by Allison Moorer Miss Fortune (opera), an opera composed by JudithWeir "Miss Fortune", a song from the album Distance Inbetween by The Coral...
recently, Alexander Goehr, Thomas Adès, John Rutter, Julian Anderson, JudithWeir, and Maury Yeston. The university has also produced world-renowned instrumentalists...
missing from Davies's business accounts. In October 2008 Arnold and his wife Judith (Davies's former agent) were charged with the theft of almost £450,000....
numerous times, and in 2015 performed at the Last Night of the festival. JudithWeir composed her solo piano work Day Break Shadows Flee for Grosvenor, who...
Larsen, Marjorie Rusche, Peter Seabourne, Michael Tilson Thomas, and JudithWeir. Her composer cousin Clarence Dickinson set his first songs to six of...
verses from the Book of Common Prayer for choir a cappella, written by JudithWeir for the state funeral of Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022 K'ayal ta'arog...
The Vanishing Bridegroom is an opera by composer JudithWeir to a libretto by the composer from work edited by J. F. Campbell of Islay. Commissioned by...
– words, 16th century Scots, modernised by Eleanor Parker; music by JudithWeir Third lesson from Isaiah 9: 2, 6–7 (read by a member of the King's College...
Judith of Flanders (circa 843 – 870 or later) was a Carolingian princess who became Queen of Wessex by two successive marriages and later Countess of Flanders...
however, she also wrote several operas of note, including The Wreckers. JudithWeir (born 1954) Began composing full-length operas in 1987 with A Night at...
Achterbahn (opera), German premiere version 2011 of the opera Miss Fortune by JudithWeir Achterbahn, 2014 German album by Wise Guys (band) Achterbahn (stream...
for the service by Judith Bingham; a setting of Psalm 150 by Philip Moore; and an arrangement of "God Save the Queen" by JudithWeir. Friday 27 March 2015:...
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