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| ⚫ | '''Neville Dilkes''' (born 28 August 1930)<ref name=ww>{{Cite |
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| ⚫ | '''Neville Dilkes''' (born 28 August 1930)<ref name=ww>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BeTBnjmnypEC&q=neville+dilkes&pg=PA160|title=International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory: (in the Classical and Light Classical Fields).|first=David M.|last=Cummings|page=160|date=10 August 2000|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780948875533|accessdate=10 August 2020|via=Google Books}}</ref> is an English conductor and organist. |
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He was born in [[Derby]], [[England]] to a musical family. He became a Fellow of [[Trinity College of Music]], [[London]],<ref name=ww/> and later did his National Service in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]]. He taught at [[Repton]], and then in 1955 was named Director of Music at [[Tresham College of Further and Higher Education|Corby Grammar School]], where he mounted a school production of [[Christoph Willibald Gluck|Gluck]]'s opera ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]''. This brought together a number of musicians from the [[Midlands (England)|Midlands]], who formed the [[Kettering]] Symphony Orchestra under Dilkes' leadership.<ref name=ww/><ref name=wimb>[http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/September%201971/32/857635/HERE+AND+THERE#header-logo] {{dead link|date=August 2020}}</ref> |
He was born in [[Derby]], [[England]] to a musical family. He became a Fellow of [[Trinity College of Music]], [[London]],<ref name=ww/> and later did his National Service in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]]. He taught at [[Repton]], and then in 1955 was named Director of Music at [[Tresham College of Further and Higher Education|Corby Grammar School]], where he mounted a school production of [[Christoph Willibald Gluck|Gluck]]'s opera ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]''. This brought together a number of musicians from the [[Midlands (England)|Midlands]], who formed the [[Kettering]] Symphony Orchestra under Dilkes' leadership.<ref name=ww/><ref name=wimb>[http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/September%201971/32/857635/HERE+AND+THERE#header-logo] {{dead link|date=August 2020}}</ref> |
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* [[Arthur Honegger]], [[Concerto da camera (Honegger)|Concerto da camera for flute, English horn and strings]] |
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* [[John Ireland (composer)|John Ireland]], ''[[The Holy Boy]]'' (English Sinfonia) |
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* [[Constant Lambert]], Concerto for Piano and Nine Players, [[Richard Rodney Bennett]], members of the English Sinfonia, Polydor 2383 391, 1976 |
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* [[Walter Leigh]], [[Concertino for Harpsichord and String Orchestra (Leigh)|Concertino for Harpsichord and Strings]] (conductor and harpischordist; English Sinfonia) |
* [[Walter Leigh]], [[Concertino for Harpsichord and String Orchestra (Leigh)|Concertino for Harpsichord and Strings]] (conductor and harpischordist; English Sinfonia) |
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* [[Ernest John Moeran|E. J. Moeran]], [[Symphony in G minor (Moeran)|Symphony in G minor]], Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (English Sinfonia)<ref name=all>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/moeran-symphony-in-g-minor-two-pieces-for-small-orchestra-mw0001844668|title=Moeran: Symphony in G minor; Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - Neville Dilkes | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|accessdate=10 August 2020|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> |
* [[Ernest John Moeran|E. J. Moeran]], [[Symphony in G minor (Moeran)|Symphony in G minor]], Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (English Sinfonia)<ref name=all>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/moeran-symphony-in-g-minor-two-pieces-for-small-orchestra-mw0001844668|title=Moeran: Symphony in G minor; Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - Neville Dilkes | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|accessdate=10 August 2020|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 09:53, 11 November 2024
Neville Dilkes (born 28 August 1930)[1] is an English conductor and organist.
He was born in Derby, England to a musical family. He became a Fellow of Trinity College of Music, London,[1] and later did his National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He taught at Repton, and then in 1955 was named Director of Music at Corby Grammar School, where he mounted a school production of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. This brought together a number of musicians from the Midlands, who formed the Kettering Symphony Orchestra under Dilkes' leadership.[1][2]
In 1961 he formed the Midland Sinfonia and also a chamber music performance group, Opera Da Camera.[1] The Midland Sinfonia was administered from Dilkes' home for its first five years; it acquired a permanent office in Nottingham in 1966, and gave its first London concert in 1968.[2] It was later renamed the English Sinfonia.
In 1963 he joined the Netherlands Radio Union International Conductors' Course,[1] where his principal tutor was Dean Dixon. He was the inaugural winner of the Watney-Sargent Award, chosen by Sir Malcolm Sargent himself.[2]
He is an associate conductor of the Philomusica of London.[1] He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.[1]
Recordings
[edit]Neville Dilkes’ recordings include:
- Malcolm Arnold, Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 48; Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 65 (Philharmonia Orchestra, 1977)
- George Butterworth, The Banks of Green Willow, A Shropshire Lad[3]
- Franz Doppler, Wood-bird for flute and 4 horns, Op. 21 (Philharmonia Orchestra)
- Hamilton Harty, A John Field Suite (English Sinfonia)
- Arthur Honegger, Concerto da camera for flute, English horn and strings
- John Ireland, The Holy Boy (English Sinfonia)
- Constant Lambert, Concerto for Piano and Nine Players, Richard Rodney Bennett, members of the English Sinfonia, Polydor 2383 391, 1976
- Walter Leigh, Concertino for Harpsichord and Strings (conductor and harpischordist; English Sinfonia)
- E. J. Moeran, Symphony in G minor, Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (English Sinfonia)[3]
- Peter Warlock, Capriol Suite[4]
Private life
[edit]Neville Dilkes married Pamela Walton, who died in 1979, they had four daughters. He married Christine Allen in 1986.[1]
He lives in Nalliers, France.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Cummings, David M. (10 August 2000). International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory: (in the Classical and Light Classical Fields). Psychology Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780948875533. Retrieved 10 August 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c [1] [dead link]
- ^ a b "Moeran: Symphony in G minor; Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - Neville Dilkes | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Neville Dilkes | ArkivMusic". Arkivmusic.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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