Composer biography antony paasche

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Anthony Payne was born in London on 2 August and died on 30 April He was educated at Dulwich College and Durham University.

His commissioned works include four major orchestral pieces for the BBC Proms, as well as pieces for the BBC Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, and Cheltenham Festival, and a substantial catalogue of chamber music.

He won British Composer Awards for Visions and Journeys for orchestra in and for his Second String Quartet, commissioned by the Allegri Quartet, in With his wife, the soprano Jane Manning (), he formed the outstanding young ensemble Jane’s Minstrels, for whom he has written several pieces.

Many of his works have been performed internationally, and an extensive discography includes three complete CDs of his music.

Recent commissions have included an acclaimed chamber arrangement of Bruckner’s Second Symphony for the Royal Academy of Music, orchestrations of Vaughan Williams&#;s Four Last Songs for the Proms, &#;Of Land,