Preaching Today About (tab selected) Members (tab). Richard Harvey Concerto Antico Resources for Faith Communities. 'The slideshow files contain selected texts from each of the Sunday Lectionary readings along with reflective images. Each is available in PowerPoint and PDF format. Richard Harvey’s Concerto Incantanto was written for Michala Petri and commissioned. Away from the screen, Harvey’s best-known works include Concerto Antico, written for guitar virtuoso John Williams, and the hugely ambitious eco-oratorio Plague and the Moonflower.
Richard Harvey Richard Harvey attends the premiere of. Background information Born 25 September 1953 (age 63) London, England Occupation(s) Multi-instrumentalist and composer Instruments Various Years active 1970s–present Associated acts Richard Harvey (born 25 September 1953) is a Award–winning English.
Originally of the mediaevalist group, he is best known now for his. He is also known for his guitar concerto Concerto Antico, which was composed for the guitarist and the London Symphony Orchestra. Harvey is sometimes confused with fellow British composer/musician because of their similar last names. In April 2012, UK radio listeners voted Richard Harvey's Concerto Antico into the for the first time. Contents Early life and career Born in, Harvey soon became involved in music, learning the when he was four years old, switching first to and later playing in the British Youth Symphony Orchestra. By the time he graduated from London's in 1972, he was accomplished on the recorder, and other mediaeval and -era instruments, as well as the and various keyboards.
He could have joined the, but instead chose to work with Musica Reservata, an ensemble. He subsequently met another RCM graduate, Brian Gulland, and went on to form the and band. During that period, he also worked with other musicians such as. When Gryphon wound down in the late 1970s, he became a session musician, playing on 's, 's, 's and 's and, among others. He also had a brief spell in New Wave outfit.
Film and television career After working with film composer in the mid 1970s, he became involved in composing for film and television. His first work was to provide music for the television series in 1979.
He has subsequently supplied scores to over 80 television and film projects. Notable works include 1979's ending titles, the horror film (1983), 1984's wistful theme for the detective series, the action sequel (1985), British films such as (1985), (1985), (1986) and (1986), 's in 1991, which he co-wrote with (and which won them, jointly, a award), (2003) and, most recently, in 2006, 's and 's. In addition he has been a musician on such films as,. In 1981, Richard Harvey's 'Exchange' and 'Water Course' from Harvey's 'Nifty Digits' release (KPM Library #1251) are featured in a famous segment filmed at the crayon factory in. The first Sesame Street episode to feature this classic segment was Episode #1590 which was originaly aired on 11 December 1981.
Today, it's still considered one of the best Sesame Street segments of all time. As well as one of the best overall short films of the 1980s.
This is mainly because of the awesome music that plays in the background during the factory part (Exchange, 1980). Harvey also composed the theme song for TBS', called 'Dynamics'. Harvey is also a prolific composer of.
Other projects In 1984, he was a conductor on one of a series of albums by the. He has frequently toured and recorded with the guitarist on projects including the 2002 album Magic Box. He also played on the 2004 album by pop/classical crossover act, which reached #74 on the Billboard Top 200 albums and #2 on the Billboard Top Classical crossover chart.
He worked with on his 2006 album. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, he has a collection of over 700 different instruments from around the world. Since 2005, 'John Williams & Richard Harvey's World Tour' has appeared in many different countries, from Japan and China to Ireland and, with the duo playing a mixture of world and classical music spanning five continents and five centuries, featuring Chinese, and European instruments. Harvey's first recorder concerto ( Concerto Incantato) enjoyed its world premiere on 's CD English Recorder Concertos in March 2012, alongside works.