Gary Carpenter Recordings

Gary Carpenter studied composition at the Royal College of Music, London with John Lambert. He has lived in Holland and Germany and has written operas, musicals, ballets (mainly for NDT), a radio music-drama (The One Alone with Iris Murdoch) and much concert music. Musical director and/or arranger-orchestrator on many stage shows and films (including The Wicker Man [1972]), his Azaleas for harp trio received a 2006 British Composer Award in the chamber category.

CDs include – Die Flimmerkiste (NMC) with Ensemble 10/10 and SET – Orchestral Works (Nimbus) with Iain Ballamy, Kathryn Rudge and the RLPO conducted by Clark Rundell and Andrew Manze His recent works include Ghost Songs for junior choir and orchestra (RSNO/CBSO/RLPO/Basque National Orchestra co-commission) and Mondrian (Harpsichord Concerto) for Mahan Esfahani and Ensemble 10/10, both shortlisted for an Ivors Composer Award 2019.

Gary was RLPO’s Composer in Association (2018-19) and is Professor of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music, a professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London and a director of the Ivors Academy.