Birtwistle: gawain

          John ogdon compositions...

          Born on July 15, 1934, in Accrington, England; son of Frederick and Margaret Harrison Birtwistle; married Sheila Margaret Wilhelmina, 1958; children: Adam, Silas, Thomas.

          Glass portrait trilogy

        1. Glass portrait trilogy
        2. Birtwistle the last supper
        3. John ogdon compositions
        4. Royal school of music london
        5. Royal academy of music

          6. Education: Attended the Royal Manchester College of Music (now known as the Royal Northern College of Music) and the Royal Academy of Music.

          Sir Harrison Birtwistle is one of the most challenging, original, and controversial musicians of his generation.

          Though angular and modern, his work nevertheless is indebted to tradition. Birtwistle composes music for a variety of ensembles, but remains best known for his stage operas. His most famous opera is perhaps his massive medieval work Gawain (1991).

          Birtwistle, the son of Frederick and Margaret Harrison Birtwistle, was born on July 15, 1934, in the Lancashire industrial town of Accrington in northern England.

          Interested in music early on, Birtwistle began taking clarinet lessons at the age of seven with a local bandmaster. Soon thereafter, he joined the Accringt