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Subject Harrison Birtwistle
Realname Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle
Profile British contemporary composer and academic
Born: 15th July 1934 Accrington, Lancashire, England
Died: 18th April 2022 Mere, Wiltshire, England
Appointed a knighthood in 1988.
Genre Classical
Styles Contemporary · Modern · Orchestra
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Press Press: 50 items (26 reviews · 1 interview · 23 features)
review Sean Shibe: Vesper album review – ever-imaginative guitar virtuoso brings mind-expanding flights of fancy — the_guardian, Clive Paget (2026) feature The RSC’s music cuts fundamentally diminish our experience of theatre — the_guardian, Tom Service (2026) feature Brenda Lucas Ogdon obituary — the_guardian, Guy Rickards (2026) feature Amelia Freedman obituary — the_guardian, Barry Millington (2025) feature Phil Lesh (15 March 1940–25 October 2024) — the_wire, Edwin Pouncey (2024) review Ross Lorraine: More from the Heart review – refreshing summer jazz songs — the_guardian, Neil Spencer (2024) review Nash Ensemble: A Birtwistle Celebration review – an intense and poetic tribute — the_guardian, Andrew Clements (2024) feature I was writing a book about Rachmaninov in exile when my own world changed for ever — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2023) feature The best new music to look forward to in 2023 — the_guardian, Alexis Petridis and Andrew Clements (2022) review The week in classical: Australian World Orchestra/Mehta; Harrison Birtwistle Day – review — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2022) feature Letter: Harrison Birtwistle obituary — the_guardian, Stephen Baron (2022) feature ‘His great gift was to see the world as a place of wonder’ – in praise of Harrison Birtwistle — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2022) feature Harrison Birtwistle: an utterly distinctive composer who wrote music of delicate beauty — the_guardian, Andrew Clements (2022) review Psappha review – new music group celebrate with shrieks, ceramics, poetry and piano — the_guardian, Andrew Clements (2022) feature Peter Zinovieff obituary — the_guardian, Adam Sweeting (2021) review The week in classical: BBC Proms 2020 and more – review — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2020) feature Lockdown listening: classical music and opera to stream at home — the_guardian, Imogen Tilden (2020) review Fiona Maddocks’s best classical music of 2019 — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2019) review Los Angeles Philharmonic/ Dudamel; Orphée review – glitz meets gravitas — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2019) review The week in classical: The Mask of Orpheus; Reich/Richter – review — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2019) Press from ridden archive_api_v1 (Guardian · Pitchfork · The Wire · RA · …)
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— Harrison Birtwistle, The Nash Ensemble (2022) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Harrison Birtwistle, Antonio Pappano, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (2008) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Harrison Birtwistle, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Elgar Howarth (1996) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Harrison Birtwistle, Christine Whittlesey, Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Boulez (1995) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Harrison Birtwistle, Michael Blake Watkins, Peter Maxwell Davies, Håkan Hardenberger, BBC Philharmonic, Elgar Howarth (1991) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eötvös (1991) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Harrison Birtwistle, London Sinfonietta, Elgar Howarth (1987) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — György Kurtág, Harrison Birtwistle, Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Boulez (1984) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Harrison Birtwistle, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Jan DeGaetani, Philip Langridge, Stephen Roberts (2), David Wilson-Johnson, John Tomlinson (2), London Sinfonietta, David Atherton (2) (1980) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — The Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Elgar Howarth, Toru Takemitsu, Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Werner Henze (1977) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Harrison Birtwistle, London Sinfonietta, David Atherton (2), The Matrix (4), Alan Hacker, Jane Manning (1974) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Peter Maxwell Davies, Harrison Birtwistle, David Bedford, Richard Orton (2) (1970) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Arnold Schoenberg, Harrison Birtwistle (1968) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Gordon Crosse, Hugh Wood, Harrison Birtwistle (1967) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — György Kurtág, Harrison Birtwistle, Gérard Grisey, Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Boulez (0) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
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