John Lubbock (conductor)
John Lubbock is an
Orchestra of St John's Smith Square
Lubbock founded the Orchestra of St John's Smith Square in 1967. He led the orchestra on tours to Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium and the USA. He also appeared with them at the Bulgarian, Bratislava and Turku festivals in the 1980s, and in a Southern Television programme with the Labèque sisters. In August 1985 he and the orchestra took part in the premiere of Iain Hamilton’s opera Lancelot.[1]
He conducted recordings of
In 1985 Lubbock conducted the world premiere of a reconstruction by Philip Wilby of a Sinfonia concertante in A for the programme 'Mozart's Unfinished’. He also conducted the choral soundtrack for Doomwatch Winter Angel (1999), a feature-length television drama.[2]
The Proms
During his career Lubbock has conducted six
Sir Simon Rattle has described him as "one of our most musical assets – a thoughtful perfectionist and a musician of total integrity."[4]
Awards and recognition
He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music in July 1999.[5] He was awarded an OBE in the 2015 New Year Honours List.[6]
References
- ^ a b Programme notes for Orchestra of St John's Smith Square concert, 10 February 1985, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
- ^ British Film Institute website: https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-national-archive/search-bfi-archive, accessed 4 September 2012.
- ^ BBC Proms Archive, John Lubbock Accessed 3 September 2012
- ^ Profile Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine at Logan Artists.
- ^ "John Lubbock". Trinity Camerata. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ "Leading figures in classical music awarded in the New Year's Honours list". BBC Classical Music.
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