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Oliver Knussen (12 Jun 1952 - 09 Jul 2018)

Male Person - United Kingdom

Releases (2)

Official

Album

  1. Horn Concerto / Whitman Settings / Way to Castle Yonder 01 Oct 2003 (as Knussen)
  2. Choral / Autumnal / Violin Concerto / Requiem – Songs for Sue 2012

Relationships (9)

Teachers

  1. John Lambert (1963 - 1969)
  2. Robert Keeley
  3. Jan Müller-Wieland
  4. Gunther Schuller

Conductor For

  1. Residentie Orkest (1992 - 1996) guest, principal
  2. London Sinfonietta (1998 - 2002) emeritus, principal
  3. London Sinfonietta (2002) emeritus, principal

Inspired The Name Of

  1. Knussen Chamber Orchestra

Parents

  1. Stuart Knussen

Recordings by (27)

  1. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Sing, Ariel, sing’ 4:22 (1992)
  2. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘He ceast, and then gan’ 0:14 (1992)
  3. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: Fughetta (sopra un soggetto di O. Messiaen) – piano solo 0:41 (1992)
  4. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Tell her that sheds’ 1:53 (1992)
  5. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Such a sacred and home-felt delight’ 0:28 (1992)
  6. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Rose-cheeked Laura, come’ 1:30 (1992)
  7. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: (Echo) ‘Such sober certainty’ 0:21 (1992)
  8. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘O you are well-tun’d now’ 0:51 (1992)
  9. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘Old lecher with a love on every wind’ 2:29 (1992)
  10. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘Across the street a tenor whine’ 3:26 (1992)
  11. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘With woeful measures wan Despair’ 0:42 (1992)
  12. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘Thus I, faltering forward’ 2:28 (1992)
  13. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: Postlude 2:19 (1992)
  14. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘… rebuke, The raging heart’ 0:54 (1992)
  15. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘There is so much to celebrate’ 1:19 (1992)
  16. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: (Instrumental) 0:15 (1992)
  17. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘I see them all’ 0:14 (1992)
  18. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘… my unground grain’ 0:16 (1992)
  19. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘The time of year’ 3:56 (1992)
  20. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 4: Adagio (with cadenza) ‘… unanxious one, sing’ 6:21 (1992)
  21. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 4: ‘I squeezed up the last stair’ 5:44 (1992)
  22. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: ‘Thou hast nor youth nor age’ 0:54 (1992)
  23. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: ‘The palm at the end of the mind’ 3:14 (1992)
  24. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: ‘All’s in deep sleep and night’ 1:05 (1992)
  25. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: ‘The rock of autumn, glittering’ 1:31 (1992)
  26. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: (No. 1 completed) ‘… brilliantly, lightly’ 2:56 (1992)
  27. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: (Echo) ‘Without human meaning’ 1:02 (1992)

On Recordings (50)

Conducted

  1. Symphony no. 2, op. 7: I. Allegro - Scuro - Spettrale 4:29 Elaine Barry, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (1988)
  2. Coursing, op. 17 5:10 London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (1988)
  3. Trumpets, op. 12 4:13 Linda Hirst, Michael Collins, Ian Mitchell, Edward Pillinger, Oliver Knussen (1988)
  4. Ophelia Dances, Book 1, op. 13 7:19 London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (1988)
  5. Symphony no. 2, op. 7: "Die Ratten". Adagio - II. Scorrevole 3:12 Elaine Barry, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (1988)
  6. Symphony no. 2, op. 7: III. "Edge". Lentissimo 4:20 Elaine Barry, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (1988)
  7. Symphony no. 2, op. 7: A Tempo - IV. "An die Schwester". Andante 4:06 Elaine Barry, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (1988)
  8. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: Fughetta (sopra un soggetto di O. Messiaen) – piano solo 0:41 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  9. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Sing, Ariel, sing’ 4:22 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  10. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘He ceast, and then gan’ 0:14 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  11. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Tell her that sheds’ 1:53 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  12. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Such a sacred and home-felt delight’ 0:28 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  13. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Rose-cheeked Laura, come’ 1:30 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  14. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: (Echo) ‘Such sober certainty’ 0:21 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  15. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘O you are well-tun’d now’ 0:51 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  16. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘Across the street a tenor whine’ 3:26 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  17. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘Thus I, faltering forward’ 2:28 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  18. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: Postlude 2:19 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  19. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘… rebuke, The raging heart’ 0:54 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  20. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘There is so much to celebrate’ 1:19 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  21. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘I see them all’ 0:14 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  22. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘… my unground grain’ 0:16 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  23. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘The time of year’ 3:56 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  24. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 4: Adagio (with cadenza) ‘… unanxious one, sing’ 6:21 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  25. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 4: ‘I squeezed up the last stair’ 5:44 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  26. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: ‘Thou hast nor youth nor age’ 0:54 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  27. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: ‘The palm at the end of the mind’ 3:14 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  28. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: ‘All’s in deep sleep and night’ 1:05 Oliver Knussen (1992)

Produced

  1. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Sing, Ariel, sing’ 4:22 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  2. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘He ceast, and then gan’ 0:14 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  3. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Such a sacred and home-felt delight’ 0:28 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  4. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: ‘Rose-cheeked Laura, come’ 1:30 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  5. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 1: (Echo) ‘Such sober certainty’ 0:21 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  6. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘O you are well-tun’d now’ 0:51 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  7. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘Old lecher with a love on every wind’ 2:29 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  8. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘Across the street a tenor whine’ 3:26 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  9. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: ‘With woeful measures wan Despair’ 0:42 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  10. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 2: Postlude 2:19 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  11. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘… rebuke, The raging heart’ 0:54 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  12. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘There is so much to celebrate’ 1:19 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  13. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: (Instrumental) 0:15 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  14. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘I see them all’ 0:14 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  15. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘… my unground grain’ 0:16 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  16. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 3: ‘The time of year’ 3:56 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  17. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 4: Adagio (with cadenza) ‘… unanxious one, sing’ 6:21 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  18. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 4: ‘I squeezed up the last stair’ 5:44 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  19. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: ‘Thou hast nor youth nor age’ 0:54 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  20. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: ‘All’s in deep sleep and night’ 1:05 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  21. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: ‘The rock of autumn, glittering’ 1:31 Oliver Knussen (1992)
  22. Sing, Ariel, op. 51: Part 5: (No. 1 completed) ‘… brilliantly, lightly’ 2:56 Oliver Knussen (1992)

Credited as (126)

  1. Oliver Knussen
  2. Nicolas Hodges, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
  3. BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
  4. Fred Sherry, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
  5. Asko Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  6. Elliott Carter; Nicolas Hodges, Fred Sherry, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Asko Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  7. Elliott Carter; Michael Collins, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
  8. Michael Collins, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
  9. Britten; Kirchschlager, Bostridge, Gritton, Purves, Russell, Coleman-Wright, Summers, Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Knussen
  10. Ian Bostridge, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  11. Susan Gritton, Ian Bostridge, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  12. Ian Bostridge, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Christopher Purves, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  13. Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Christopher Purves, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  14. Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  15. Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  16. Claire Booth, Susan Gritton, Angelika Kirchschlager, Hilary Summers, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  17. Claire Booth, Angelika Kirchschlager, Hilary Summers, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  18. Claire Booth, Susan Gritton, Hilary Summers, Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Angelika Kirchschlager, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  19. Claire Booth, Susan Gritton, Hilary Summers, Ian Bostridge, Benjamin Russell, Benjamin Russell, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  20. Susan Gritton, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  21. Peter Coleman-Wright, Susan Gritton, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  22. Susan Gritton, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  23. Claire Booth, Hilary Summers, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  24. Angelika Kirchschlager, Hilary Summers, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  25. Claire Booth, Hilary Summers, Benjamin Russell, Benjamin Russell, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  26. Angelika Kirchschlager, Christopher Purves, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  27. Claire Booth, Susan Gritton, Hilary Summers, Ian Bostridge, Benjamin Russell, Christopher Purves, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  28. Susan Gritton, Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  29. Hans Werner Henze; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
  30. Ruth Crawford Seeger; Oliver Knussen
  31. Schönberg Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  32. Schönberg Ensemble, Oliver Knussen, Lucy Shelton
  33. Aaron Copland; Oliver Knussen, The Cleveland Orchestra, London Sinfonietta
  34. The Cleveland Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
  35. London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
  36. Takemitsu; Paul Crossley, Peter Serkin, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
  37. David Del Tredici; Lucy Shelton, ASKO Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  38. Peter Maxwell Davies; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, Martyn Hill, David Wilson-Johnson
  39. BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, Leila Josefowicz
  40. Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen, Claire Booth
  41. Harrison Birtwistle; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
  42. London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, Antony Pay, Helen Tunstall
  43. London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Voices, Oliver Knussen, Michael Thompson, Christopher van Kampen, Mary King
  44. Lucy Shelton, Sarah Leonard, Eileen Hulse, Oliver Knussen
  45. Martyn Hill, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
  46. Elliott Carter; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, Ole Böhn
  47. London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, Ole Böhn
  48. Antony Pay, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
  49. Peter Serkin, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
  50. David Purser, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
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Works (76)

Composed

  1. Symphony no. 2, op. 7: I. Allegro - Scuro - Spettrale (1970 - 1971)
  2. Symphony no. 2, op. 7: "Die Ratten". Adagio - II. Scorrevole (1970 - 1971)
  3. Symphony no. 2, op. 7: III. "Edge". Lentissimo (1970 - 1971)
  4. Symphony no. 2, op. 7: A Tempo - IV. "An die Schwester". Andante (1970 - 1971)
  5. Choral, op. 8 (1970 - 1972)
  6. Symphony no. 2, op. 7 (1970 - 1971)
  7. Turba (1971)
  8. Study for "Metamorphosis" (1972)
  9. Océan de Terre, op. 10 (1972 - 1973)
  10. Symphony no. 3, op. 18 (1973 - 1979)
  11. Music for a Puppet Court, op. 11: III. Antiphon (after "Iste tenor ascendit..") (1973)
  12. Music for a Puppet Court, op. 11: IV. Puzzle II - "tris" (1973)
  13. Music for a Puppet Court, op. 11 (1973)
  14. Music for a Puppet Court, op. 11: I. Puzzle I - "Iste tenor ascendit" (1973)
  15. Music for a Puppet Court, op. 11: II. Toyshop Music After "tris" (1973)
  16. Trumpets, op. 12 (1975)
  17. Frammenti da Chiara, op. 19a (1975)
  18. Ophelia Dances, op. 13 (1975)
  19. Autumnal, op. 14: II. Serenade (1976 - 1977)
  20. Autumnal, op. 14: I. Nocturne (1976 - 1977)
  21. Autumnal, op. 14 (1976 - 1977)
  22. Cantata, op. 15 (1977)
  23. Where the Wild Things Are, op. 20 (1979 - 1983)
  24. Coursing, op. 17 (1979)
  25. Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op. 21 (1984 - 1985)
  26. Fanfares for Tanglewood (1986)
  27. Variations on "Sumer is icumen in": Oliver Knussen (1987)
  28. Flourish with Fireworks, op. 22 (1988)
  29. The Way to Castle Yonder, op. 21a: III. The Ride to Castle Yonder (1988 - 1990)
  30. The Way to Castle Yonder, op. 21a (1988 - 1990)
  31. The Way to Castle Yonder, op. 21a: I. The Journey to the Big White House (1988 - 1990)
  32. The Way to Castle Yonder, op. 21a: II. Kleine Trauermusik (1988 - 1990)
  33. Variations, op. 24 (1989)
  34. Secret Psalm (1990)
  35. Songs without Voices (Oct 1991 - Apr 1992)
  36. Whitman Settings, op. 25a: I. When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer (1991)
  37. Whitman Settings, op. 25a: II. A Noiseless Patient Spider (1991)
  38. Whitman Settings, op. 25a: III. The Dalliance of the Eagles (1991)
  39. Whitman Settings, op. 25a: IV. The Voice of the Rain (1991)
  40. Whitman Settings, op. 25 (1991)
  41. Whitman Settings, op. 25a (1991)
  42. Whitman Settings, op. 25: No. 3. The Dalliance of the Eagles (1991)
  43. Whitman Settings, op. 25: No. 2. A Noiseless Patient Spider (1991)
  44. Whitman Settings, op. 25: No. 1. When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer (1991)
  45. Whitman Settings, op. 25: No. 4. The Voice of the Rain (1991)
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Orchestrated

  1. Whitman Settings, op. 25a: I. When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer (1992)
  2. Whitman Settings, op. 25a: II. A Noiseless Patient Spider (1992)
  3. Whitman Settings, op. 25a: III. The Dalliance of the Eagles (1992)
  4. Whitman Settings, op. 25a: IV. The Voice of the Rain (1992)
  5. Whitman Settings, op. 25a (1992)
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