Bayan Northcott

Bayan Peter Northcott[1] (born 24 April 1940) is an English music critic and composer.

Biography

Born in Harrow on the Hill (London), Northcott read English at Oxford University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oxford in 1962. He then taught English from 1964 to 1970. Northcott developed an interest in composition. He was encouraged by Alexander Goehr and Hans Keller. Subsequently he read music at the University of Southampton, where his instructors included Goehr and Jonathan Harvey. Northcott earned a BMus degree from Southampton in 1971. Northcott has mentored other composers such as Robin Holloway and Julian Anderson.[2][3]

Northcott has served as a music critic for the New Statesman, for the Sunday Telegraph from 1976 to 1986,[1] and he was chief music critic of The Independent from 1986 to 2009.[4] He has also written on music for Tempo and BBC Music Magazine. He was a director of the independent recording company NMC. A selection of his writings was published in the volume The Way We Listen Now in 2009.[4]

List of compositions
  • Sonata for Solo Oboe, Op. 1 (1977–78)
  • Six Japanese Lyrics, Op. 2, for Sop, cl, vn (1971/79) (texts translated by the composer)
  • Fantasia for Guitar, Op. 3 (1981–82)[5]
  • Hymn to Cybele, Op. 4, for Mezz, Ten, Bar, chor, 2 perc, db (1983) (text – Catullus, translated by the composer)
  • Sextet, Op. 5, for fl/picc, cl/b cl, pno, perc, vn, vc (1984–85)
  • Carillon (after Machaut), for 14 players (1987)
  • Three English Lyrics, Op. 6, for Sop, cl, va, db (1988) (texts – Anon, 15th-16th century)
  • Of All the Instruments (after Purcell), for fl, ob, cl, glock, vn, vc, db (1994)
  • Concerto for Horn and Ensemble, for 11 players, Op. 8 (1990–98)[6]
  • Memento, for Sop, fl (1999) (text – Hilda Morley)
  • Four Votive Antiphons Op. 7, for Alt, 3 Ten, Bar, or chor (1997-2003)
  • "Salve Regina", Op. 7, No. 1 (1999) (text - Anon Latin)
  • "Alma Redemptoris Mater", Op. 7, No. 2 (2000) (text – Anon Latin)
  • "Ave Regina Celorum" / "Alleluia", Op. 7, No. 3 (1997) (text – Anon Latin)
  • "Regina Celi", Op. 7, No. 4 (2003) (text – Anon Latin)
  • Fandango, Op. 9, for Harpsichord (2006)
  • Canticle: The Doubting of Thomas, for Mezz, Ten, Bar, chor, org (2007) (text - Bible, Authorized Version)
  • Poet and Star, for Sop, Ten, pno (2008) (text – Thomas Hardy)
  • Doubles All Round, for fl/picc, cl/b cl, hn, pno, vn, vc (2009)
  • Elegy for Solo Viola (2013)
  • Concerto for Orchestra (2014–16)[7]
  • Sonata for Flute and Clarinet (2018)

Filmography
  • 2009 – In Search of Beethoven (composer) [8]
  • 2012 – In Search of Haydn (writer & composer) [9]

Literature

Author
  • 1980 – Music of Alexander Goehr : Interviews and Articles [10]
  • 2009 – The Way we Listen Now

Bibliography
  • Northcott, Bayan (January 1975). "Anthony Payne". The Musical Times. 116 (1583): 36–38. doi:10.2307/958865. JSTOR 958865.

References
  1. Don Michael Randel (editor) (1999). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Belknap Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA). ISBN 0674000846. p 454.
  2. Nicholas Kenyon (6 November 1983). "Flexibility is this orchestra's hallmark". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  3. Julian Anderson (8 June 2007). "First night nerves". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. Julian Andreson, Programme note to Prom 62, BBC Proms, 31 August 2016, pp 6-7.
  5. Allan Kozinn (2 November 1986). "Recordings: Bridge Records: A Haven for New Music Honors the Old". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. Tom Service (9 April 2000). "London Sinfonietta/ Knussen - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. Andrew Clements (1 September 2016). "BBCSO/Young review – sumptuous variety but balance problems". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  8. "Short Redhead Reel Reviews for the week of April 30". hometownsource.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  9. Grabsky, Phil (19 January 2012), In Search of Haydn (Documentary, Biography, Music), PhilGrabskyFilms.com, Seventh Art Productions, Sky Arts, retrieved 25 April 2022
  10. "The Music of Alexander Goehr By Bayan Northcott | Used | 9780901938053 | World of Books". www.wob.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

Sources
  • Williamson, Rosemary. 2001. "Northcott, Bayan." In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.


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