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Gorton, David (b. 1978, Boston,
Lincolnshire). British composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that
have been successfully performed throughout the UK.
Mr. Gorton graduated
from Durham University in 1999 with a First-Class Honors degree and then
studied composition with Sir Harrison Birtwistle at King’s College London. He
now studies with Simon Bainbridge at the Royal Academy of Music, where he is
completing his PhD in composition.
The Society for the
Promotion of New Music short-listed his string quartet Mosaic in 1998 and he was awarded the Eve Myra Kisch Prize at
Durham in 1999 and the Hilda Margaret Watts Prize at King’s in 2000. He has
also received the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2001 and the
Alan Bush Prize at the Royal Academy of Music in 2002 (for When does dewfall begin?).
Mezzo-soprano Alison Wells with Gemini, the Czardas Duo, the Oxford Contemporary Music Festival, and the Royal Philharmonic Society have commissioned works from him. Soprano Claire Booth and Martyn Brabbins with the London Sinfonietta performed his Oblique Prayers in 2002 and the performance was later heard on the BBC.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: d_gorton@hotmail.com
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Broken Stained Glass, 1998; Dissipation/Acceleration, large orchestra (78 players), 2000; Bishop’s Eye, small orchestra (14 players), 2000; Towards Location, small orchestra (17 players), 2000; Fanfares for South Holland, wind orchestra, 2001
CHAMBER MUSIC: Mosaic, string quartet, 1998; korulippaan, flute, piano, 1999; Pilvet, alto flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1999; Revontuli, clarinet, piano, vibraphone, 2001; Tähtelä, Place of the Stars, cello, accordion, 2001; Revontulet, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, harp, violin, viola, cello, 2001; When does dewfall begin?, cello, piano, 2002
VOCAL: Oblique Prayers, soprano, small orchestra (14 players), 2002; Silva Myrtea, mezzo-soprano, clarinet, cello, 2002
PIANO: Four Pieces, 2002
ORGAN: Salve Sancta Facies, 2002
(Last updated on October 12, 2002)
