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Spouse (s) 3rd wife, Jeanne, Lady Galway (née Cinnante) Sir James Galway OBE (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish [1][2] virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute". [3] After several years working as an orchestral musician, he established an international career as a solo flute player.
He transferred to Imperial College London to complete his degree, and graduated with Honours in mathematics in 1986. [1] Clarke and his rock band recorded an album in 1987, Environmental Images. The band evolved and by 1992 had taken the name Diva Music, a collaboration between Clarke and Simon Painter. Diva Music has produced music for film ...
This is a list of flute players, organized alphabetically by the musical genre in which they are best known, and whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles. Young Flutist, or The Fifer by Édouard Manet (1866)
William Bennett (flautist) William Ingham Brooke Bennett OBE (7 February 1936 – 11 May 2022) was a British flautist and teacher. He played in many English orchestras and chamber music ensembles, and as a soloist. He made more than 100 recordings, including chamber music with partners including George Malcolm, Osian Ellis, and Yehudi Menuhin.
Formerly of. London Philharmonic Orchestra. Geoffrey Winzer Gilbert (28 May 1914 – 1989) was an English flautist, who was a leading influence on British flute-playing, introducing a more flexible style, based on French techniques, with metal instruments replacing the traditional wood. He was a prominent member of five British symphony ...
Born on 24 September 1945 [1] in London, the son of an industrial chemist and his wife, Rutter grew up living over the Globe pub on London's Marylebone Road. [2] He was educated at Highgate School, where fellow pupils included John Tavener, Howard Shelley, Brian Chapple and Nicholas Snowman. [3] As a chorister there, Rutter took part in the ...
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331: Rondo alla turca. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture. George Frideric Handel – The Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus. Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King. Gabriel Fauré – Pavane.