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2 unusual facts about John Woolrich


Russell Keable

With the Kensington Symphony Orchestra, he has led first performances of works by many British composers, including Maxwell Davies, John Woolrich, Robin Holloway, David Matthews and John McCabe.

Variations on an Elizabethan Theme

As part of the 2013 season of The Proms, two more variations were commissioned by the BBC from John Woolrich and Tansy Davies, being inserted in that order before Walton's concluding variation.


Jo Shapcott

She has written lyrics or had her poems set to music by composers such as Nigel Osborne, Errollyn Wallen and John Woolrich.

Madeleine Mitchell

She subsequently recorded Nyman's work 'On The Fiddle', written for her in 1993, as part of her album In Sunlight: Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell NMC D098 of music written for her by Brian Elias, Stuart Jones, James MacMillan, Stephen Montague, Nigel Osborne, Anthony Powers, and John Woolrich with pianist Andrew Ball in 2005.


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