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3. Finale Allegro Molto by John Mccabe

Artist Biography For John Mccabe

John McCabe CBE Born 21 April 1939 Huyton Merseyside Is An English Composer And Pianist. A Prolific Composer From An Early Age John McCabe Had Written Thirteen Symphonies By The Time He Was Eleven. After Studies In Manchester And Munich He Embarked Upon A Career As A Composer And Virtuoso Pianist He Still Tours Internationally As A Recitalist . He Has Worked In Almost Every Genre Though Large-Scale Forms Lie At The Heart Of His Catalogue With Five Symphonies Fifteen Concertante Works And Eight Ballet Scores To His Name. Like Many Composers Of His Generation McCabe Experimented With Serialism In His Early Career But His Mature Style Is Characterised By A Dramatic Post-Tonalism And Vivid Orchestrations. He First Became Known As A Pianist Playing Bax Corigliano Haydn Hindemith Rawsthorne And Webern.
As A Composer He First Gained Attention With The Orchestral Song Cycle Notturni Ed Alba 1970 . He Has Written Five Acknowledged Symphonies 1965-2000 A Number Of Ballets String Quartets And Solo Instrumental Music Particularly For The Piano . However It Is For His Concerti That He Is Perhaps Best Known. He Has Written Four For His Own Instrument The Piano 1966-76 And Three For One Or Two Violins 1959 1980 2003 As Well As One Each For Viola 1962 Harpsichord 1968 Oboe D'amore 1972 Clarinet 1977 Orchestra 1982 Trumpet 1987 And Flute 1990 And Double Concertos For Viola And Cello 1965 And Clarinet And Oboe 1988 . John McCabe Was Made CBE In 1983 For His Services To Music.

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