David Bedford has been associated at various stages in his career with the worlds of the avantgarde, of rock music, and of school music-making. In this programme he introduces items spanning 12 years of composing, recorded at a London concert of his music in February 1979. ' There's an absolutely enormous difference in style between the earlier pieces and the more recent ones,' he says, ' and you may well wonder if they're by the same composer. Well, they are, and I hope my introductions will help to clarify why my work has developed as it has.'
That White and Radiant Legend (1966)
CATHERINE MCCORD (sop). TERRY BAGG (narrator) LONDON SINFONIETTA
Some Bright Stars for Queen's College (1970)
QUEEN'S COLLEGE CHOIR AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC GROUP A Horse, His Name Was Hunry Fencewaver Walk. ins (1977) (first broadcast performance)
TIM WALKER (guitar) LONDON SINFONIETTA
Suite from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1979) (first broadcast performance) MIKE OLDFIEI. D
(electric guitar)
QUEEN'S COLLEGE CHOIR, RECORDER GROUP
AND ORCHESTRA all items conducted by THE COMPOSER
(Concert presented by London Music Digest at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 14 February)