Peter Paul Nash

Peter Paul Nash was born in 1950, grew up in Suffolk and was educated at Cambridge University. As well as composing, he has worked as a writer and broadcaster on music, presenting and producing a wide range of programmes for BBC Radio 3 during the 1980s and 1990s.

His principal works include: Etudes for Symphony Orchestra (1983-84); Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (1989-91 and 1996); String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (1986-88 and 1993); Rain (1970) for piano solo; the chamber-ensemble works Insomnia (1983), A Silent Shower (1987) and Leaving Without Trace (1997); Earthquake (1985) for male speaker and ensemble, and In a Walled Garden (1988) for soprano and ensemble, Apollinaire Choruses (1971-1994); and the opera Alice Under Ground (1995).

Biography

Peter Paul Nash was born in 1950, grew up in Suffolk and was educated at Cambridge University. As well as composing, he has worked as a writer and broadcaster on music, presenting and producing a wide range of programmes for BBC Radio 3 during the 1980s and 1990s.

His principal works include: Etudes for Symphony Orchestra (1983-84); Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (1989-91 and 1996); String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (1986-88 and 1993); Rain (1970) for piano solo; the chamber-ensemble works Insomnia (1983), A Silent Shower (1987) and Leaving Without Trace (1997); Earthquake (1985) for male speaker and ensemble, and In a Walled Garden (1988) for soprano and ensemble, Apollinaire Choruses (1971-1994); and the opera Alice Under Ground (1995).

Recordings by this composer

Recordings
Symphony No 1, Apollinaire Choruses

Symphony No 1, Apollinaire Choruses

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Compilations with this composer

Compilations
A Round-up of NMC cover

A Round-up of NMC

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Jane Manning cover

Jane Manning sings Weir, Nash, Connolly, Bauld, Elias, Payne, Gilbert

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