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Richard Blackford (13 Jan 1954 - )

Male Person - United Kingdom composer

Releases (2)

Official

Album - Soundtrack

  1. City of Joy 1992
  2. MM Millennium - A Thousand Years of History 1999

Relationships (1)

Students

  1. Joanna Marsh

Recordings by (49)

  1. Dawn On The Ganges 4:55 (1992)
  2. Amrita's Wedding 4:43 (1992)
  3. Kamla's Song 3:30 (1992)
  4. Max's Rickshaw Ride 1:14 (1992)
  5. Hasari Alone 3:50 (1992)
  6. Anouar's Song 3:21 (1992)
  7. Beggar Song "Streets Of Calcutta" 2:39 (1992)
  8. "Calcutta Dream" 4:04 (1992)
  9. "Midnight In The City Of Joy" 4:19 (1992)
  10. "Holi - Festival Of Colours" 2:13 (1992)
  11. Fisherman's Song 3:21 (1992)
  12. "Dawn" 3:19 (1992)
  13. Street Busker Song 2:57 (1992)
  14. Pomoona's Flute 5:28 (1992)
  15. Nimtollah Song 3:27 (1992)
  16. Calcutta Monsoon 3:41 (1992)
  17. Day of the Storm (original soundtrack) 3:14 (1995)
  18. Gemini (original soundtrack) 2:58 (1995)
  19. Karussell (original soundtrack) 3:26 (1995)
  20. Wilder Thymian (original soundtrack) 3:35 (1995)
  21. Title Sequence 1:13 (1999)
  22. Introduction and Pagan Sequence 3:01 (1999)
  23. The Garden of Islam 3:02 (1999)
  24. Lalibela, King of the Bees 2:46 (1999)
  25. Landscape of Spires 4:04 (1999)
  26. Xanadu 2:48 (1999)
  27. Black Death 2:01 (1999)
  28. Golden Mali 6:04 (1999)
  29. The Death of Cairo 1:31 (1999)
  30. Cold and Hungry 2:39 (1999)
  31. Chinese Voyages 3:00 (1999)
  32. Mehmed and Columbus 2:32 (1999)
  33. Crucifixus 2:53 (1999)
  34. Ivan the Terrible 1:04 (1999)
  35. Cabinet of Curiosities 2:40 (1999)
  36. Isaac Newton 3:33 (1999)
  37. Venice of the North 3:12 (1999)
  38. Slave Plantations 2:16 (1999)
  39. 18th Century Whistle-Stop Tour 1:16 (1999)
  40. American War of Independence 2:20 (1999)
  41. Death of a Sultan 3:11 (1999)
  42. The Creation 2:28 (1999)
  43. Thomas Cook and Son 1:40 (1999)
  44. Shanghai Ascendant 1:59 (1999)
  45. End Titles 1:19 (1999)
  46. Canticle of the Birds ?:?? (2006)
  47. Song for a Raggy Boy 2:35 (2006)
  48. Worlds Apart for solo violin 3:12 (23 Jun 2023)
  49. Calcutta Dawn 2:00 ()

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Kamla's Song 3:30 Richard Blackford (1992)
  2. "Holi - Festival Of Colours" 2:13 Richard Blackford (1992)
  3. Street Busker Song 2:57 Richard Blackford (1992)
  4. Beggar Song "Streets Of Calcutta" 2:39 Richard Blackford (1992)
  5. Calcutta Monsoon 3:41 Richard Blackford (1992)
  6. "Midnight In The City Of Joy" 4:19 Richard Blackford (1992)
  7. "Dawn" 3:19 Richard Blackford (1992)
  8. Pomoona's Flute 5:28 Richard Blackford (1992)
  9. Nimtollah Song 3:27 Richard Blackford (1992)
  10. Daimyo 1:40 Richard Blackford & Glenn Keiles (1997)
  11. Koto Concerto (b) 2:12 Richard Blackford & Glenn Keiles (1997)
  12. Koto Concerto (a) 3:44 Richard Blackford & Glenn Keiles (1997)
  13. Koto Concerto (c) 2:35 Richard Blackford & Glenn Keiles (1997)
  14. Shamisen and Voice 0:51 Richard Blackford & Glenn Keiles (1997)
  15. Flute and Koto 3:00 Richard Blackford & Glenn Keiles (1997)

Conducted

  1. American War of Independence 2:20 Richard Blackford (1999)
  2. Thomas Cook and Son 1:40 Richard Blackford (1999)
  3. 18th Century Whistle-Stop Tour 1:16 Richard Blackford (1999)
  4. Venice of the North 3:12 Richard Blackford (1999)
  5. Chinese Voyages 3:00 Richard Blackford (1999)
  6. Lalibela, King of the Bees 2:46 Richard Blackford (1999)
  7. Shanghai Ascendant 1:59 Richard Blackford (1999)
  8. The Garden of Islam 3:02 Richard Blackford (1999)
  9. The Death of Cairo 1:31 Richard Blackford (1999)
  10. Cold and Hungry 2:39 Richard Blackford (1999)
  11. Death of a Sultan 3:11 Richard Blackford (1999)
  12. Isaac Newton 3:33 Richard Blackford (1999)
  13. End Titles 1:19 Richard Blackford (1999)
  14. Black Death 2:01 Richard Blackford (1999)
  15. Introduction and Pagan Sequence 3:01 Richard Blackford (1999)
  16. Xanadu 2:48 Richard Blackford (1999)
  17. Golden Mali 6:04 Richard Blackford (1999)
  18. Title Sequence 1:13 Richard Blackford (1999)
  19. Slave Plantations 2:16 Richard Blackford (1999)
  20. Ivan the Terrible 1:04 Richard Blackford (1999)
  21. Mehmed and Columbus 2:32 Richard Blackford (1999)
  22. Landscape of Spires 4:04 Richard Blackford (1999)

Produced

  1. Hasari Alone 3:50 Richard Blackford (1992)
  2. Fisherman's Song 3:21 Richard Blackford (1992)
  3. Dawn On The Ganges 4:55 Richard Blackford (1992)
  4. Max's Rickshaw Ride 1:14 Richard Blackford (1992)
  5. Amrita's Wedding 4:43 Richard Blackford (1992)
  6. Anouar's Song 3:21 Richard Blackford (1992)
  7. "Calcutta Dream" 4:04 Richard Blackford (1992)

Orchestrated

  1. Phantom of the Opera: Orchestral suite 13:09 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ettore Stratta (02 Aug 1991)
  2. Le carnival des animaux: L’éléphant 1:38 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (01 Oct 2014)
  3. Le carnival des animaux: Personnages à longues oreilles 0:51 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (01 Oct 2014)
  4. Le carnival des animaux: Tortues 1:47 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (01 Oct 2014)
  5. Le carnival des animaux: Volière 1:24 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (01 Oct 2014)
  6. Le carnival des animaux: Le coucou au fond des bois 2:25 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (01 Oct 2014)

Credited as (8)

  1. Richard Blackford
  2. Richard Blackford & Glenn Keiles
  3. Richard Blackford; Bernie Krause, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins
  4. Richard Blackford, Bernie Krause & Christopher Cook
  5. Richard Blackford, Bernie Krause
  6. Richard Blackford; Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Czech Philharmonic, Ben Gernon
  7. Giuseppe Verdi orch. Richard Blackford
  8. Richard Blackford / Glenn Keiles

Works (115)

Composed

  1. The Great Animal Orchestra: Introduction and Tuning, Andante - Allegro assai (2014)
  2. The Great Animal Orchestra: Scherzo and Riffs, Vivace (2014)
  3. The Great Animal Orchestra: Elegy, Andante (2014)
  4. The Great Animal Orchestra: March and Charge, Maestoso - Allegro molto (2014)
  5. The Great Animal Orchestra: Variations: Song of the Musician Wren, Vivace (2014)
  6. The Garden of Islam
  7. Kyoto Meditation
  8. Koto Concerto
  9. Futen God of the Wind
  10. Tokyo Nightlife
  11. Welcome Future World
  12. Kyoto Meditation
  13. Kyoto Meditation
  14. Way of the Samurai
  15. Introduction and Pagan Sequence
  16. Lalibela, King of the Bees
  17. Niobe
  18. Niobe: I. Niobe the Lover
  19. Niobe: II. Niobe the Blasphemer
  20. Niobe: III. Niobe the Pleader
  21. Niobe: IV. Niobe the Mourner
  22. American War of Independence
  23. Death of a Sultan
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Orchestrated

  1. Introduction and Pagan Sequence
  2. The Garden of Islam
  3. Lalibela, King of the Bees
  4. Landscape of Spires
  5. Title Sequence
  6. Xanadu
  7. Venice of the North
  8. Chinese Voyages
  9. Mehmed and Columbus
  10. Ivan the Terrible
  11. Isaac Newton
  12. Black Death
  13. Golden Mali
  14. The Death of Cairo
  15. Cold and Hungry
  16. Thomas Cook and Son
  17. Shanghai Ascendant
  18. Slave Plantations
  19. American War of Independence
  20. Death of a Sultan
  21. 18th Century Whistle-Stop Tour
  22. End Titles
  23. Requiem: V. Agnus Dei (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion)
  24. Requiem: I. Requiem & Kyrie Eleison (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion)
  25. Requiem: IIa, Dies Irae (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion)
  26. Requiem: IIb. Tuba mirum (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion)
  27. Requiem: IIc. Liber scriptus (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion)
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Links (9)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.blackford.co.uk/composing-p33.html

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134330293
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78014179
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n78014179/
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64j1j68

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1042462

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085685/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/85921898

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7324189