Bertie Baigent

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Bertie Baigent
Born
Robert Edward Series Baigent

(1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29)
Oxford
EraContemporary

Robert Edward Series Baigent is a British conductor, composer, and organist. He holds the posts of Senior Organ Scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge[1] and Conductor of Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra.[2] He also directs the Percival Ensemble, a Cambridge-based orchestra that he founded in 2014.

Baigent has won a number of composition competitions, including the Stainer and Bell Award for Choral Composition[3][4] and the NCEM Young Composers Award.[5][6] His work Joie de Vivre was commissioned for and played at the unveiling of a plaque to mark the first performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in the City of Westminster.[7][8][9][10] Baigent's compositions have been performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House under Antonio Pappano, the Aurora Orchestra under Nicholas Collon, the Bath Philharmonia and Fretwork.[2] In 2015 a recording of his organ work Bright spark, shot from a brighter place was released by the German CD label Jubal.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Jesus College Choir - Organ Scholars". jesuscollegechoir.com. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  2. ^ a b "Biography - Bertie Baigent | Conductor, composer, organist". bertiebaigent.com. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  3. ^ "News from Choir & Organ Magazine". rhinegold.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  4. ^ "Stainer & Bell Award for Choral Composition 2015". stainer.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  5. ^ Andy Campbell. "NCEM - The National Centre for Early Music - NCEM Young Composers Award 2011 - Winners". ncem.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  6. ^ "Winners announced in National Centre for Early Music Instrumental Composers Award (From York Press)". m.yorkpress.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  7. ^ "City of Westminster, Royal Philharmonic Society Unveil Plaque for Beethoven's 'Ninth' : Classicalite". classicalite.com. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  8. ^ "Plaque to mark Beethoven's Ninth Symphony - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  9. ^ "Beethoven plaque unveiled to mark first 9th Symphony performance - Beethoven News". classicfm.com. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  10. ^ "Westminster City Council plaque marks the site of the first UK performance of Beethoven's Ninth | gramophone.co.uk". gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  11. ^ "CD Release: The Franz Liszt Memorial Organ in Weimar". robert-smith.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  12. ^ "Jubal CD Catalogue: Organ Music". jubal.de. Retrieved 2016-01-02.

External links

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