Arthur Oldham

Arthur Oldham , born in Great Britain in 1926 and deceased on May 4th 2003 in Paris region, is a Compositeur and British Chef of chorus .

Biography

Raise Benjamin Britten, Arthur Oldham was especially known in France to have created in 1976 the Chœur of the Orchestre of Paris, with the invitation of Daniel Barenboïm. During long and prestigious career, it had directed the choruses of the Cathedral of Edinburgh, of Scottish Opera, of London Symphony Orchestra, and founded, in addition to the Chorus of the Orchestra of Paris, that of the Festival of Edinburgh and Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam. He collaborated with the most prestigious chiefs, such Sir Colin Davis, Herbert von Karajan, Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Carlo Maria Giulini or Sir Georg Solti, to quote only some of them. In its discography appear in particular of works of Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, and especially Berlioz, of the Damnation history of Faust recorded with Colin Davis, until ultimate the Te Deum, under the direction of John Nelson (2001). Also type-setter, Arthur Oldham leaves operas, several ballets (of which Mr. Punch , created in London in 1946), works for orchestra and of the chamber music. Its Psalms in the Time off War inaugurated the Festival of Edinburgh in 1977, and its Testament of Villon , written for the twenty years of the Chorus of the Orchestra of Paris, was still given again in June 2002 (Salle Pleyel).

Being gradually withdrawn of its other engagements, Arthur Oldham had however remained faithful to the Chorus of the Orchestra of Paris, with which it still gave Te Deum of Berlioz in October 2002.

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Friends of Arthur
Chorus of the Orchestra of Paris

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