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Burgon, Geoffrey (1941-2010)  
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Geoffrey Burgon

born: 15 July 1941
died: 21 September 2010
country: United Kingdom

Geoffrey Burgon was born in 1941 in Hampshire, England. He was a late musical developer and it was not until he was fifteen that he took up the trumpet so that he could play jazz. He entered the Guildhall School of Music still intent on becoming a jazz trumpeter, but composition gradually took over as his major interest and when he left he supported himself and his family as a freelance trumpeter for several years. Then, at the age of thirty, he sold his trumpets and plunged into composition full time. Several impecunious years inevitably followed but gradually he began to make his name as a composer. He wrote several very successful ballet scores during this period, notably for Ballet Rambert and London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and then, in 1976, his Requiem was premiered at the Three Choirs Festival, and this work established him as a serious composer. Shortly afterwards he wrote the first of many successful scores for television.

Albums
'Burgon: Cathedral Music' (CDA66123)
'Burgon: Choral Music' (CDH55421)
'Dreamland' (HYP41)
Dreamland
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'Remembrance' (CDA67398)
'Hyperion monthly sampler – March 2013' (HYP201303)
Hyperion monthly sampler – March 2013
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Complete works available for download
A Prayer to the Trinity Chichester Cathedral Choir, Alan Thurlow (conductor)
At the round earth's imagined corners Catherine Hart (soprano), Alan Thomas (trumpet), David Bednall (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor)
At the round earth's imagined corners Guy Willatt (treble), Michael Laird (trumpet), Jeremy Suter (organ)
But have been found again Michael Walsh (countertenor), Guy Willatt (treble), Chichester Cathedral Choir, Alan Thurlow (conductor)
Come let us pity not the dead Wells Cathedral Choir, Alan Thomas (trumpet), David Bednall (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor)
Death be not proud Catherine Hart (soprano), Léonie Maxwell (soprano), Wells Cathedral Choir, Alan Thomas (trumpet), David Bednall (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor)
Laudate Dominum Chichester Cathedral Choir, Alan Thurlow (conductor), Jeremy Suter (organ)
Magnificat Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor), David Bednall (organ)
Magnificat Chichester Cathedral Choir, Alan Thurlow (conductor), Jeremy Suter (organ)
Nunc dimittis, 1979 version St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John McDomnic (trumpet), John Scott (conductor), Huw Williams (organ)
Nunc dimittis, 1979 version Wells Cathedral Choir, Alan Thomas (trumpet), Matthew Owens (conductor), David Bednall (organ)
Nunc dimittis, 1979 version Chichester Cathedral Choir, Alan Thurlow (conductor), Jeremy Suter (organ)
Nunc dimittis, 1997 version Catherine Hart (soprano), Frances Henderson (soprano), Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor)
Of flowers and emeralds sheen Catherine Hart (soprano), Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor)
Short Mass Chichester Cathedral Choir, Alan Thurlow (conductor)
Short Mass Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor)
Te Deum Catherine Hart (soprano), Wells Cathedral Choir, David Bednall (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor)
The First World Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor)
The song of the creatures Catherine Hart (soprano), Simon Clulow (countertenor), Richard Rowntree (tenor), Wells Cathedral Choir, David Bednall (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor)
This world from Chichester Cathedral Choir, Alan Thurlow (conductor)
Two Hymns to Mary Chichester Cathedral Choir, Alan Thurlow (conductor)
Alphabetical listing of all musical works
A Prayer to the Trinity (Burgon)
At the round earth's imagined corners (Burgon)
But have been found again (Burgon)
Christ's Love (Burgon)
Come let us pity not the dead (Burgon)
Death be not proud (Burgon)
Laudate Dominum (Burgon)
Magnificat (Burgon)
Nunc dimittis, 1979 version (Burgon)
Nunc dimittis, 1997 version (Burgon)
Of flowers and emeralds sheen (Burgon)
Short Mass (Burgon)
Te Deum (Burgon)
The First World (Burgon)
The song of the creatures (Burgon)
This world from (Burgon)
Two Hymns to Mary (Burgon)
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