Havelock NELSON
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The composer, pianist and conductor Havelock J. Nelson PhD DMus Who has died in Belfast WAS one of Northern Ireland's leading musicians. Born in Cork, He Was Educated in Dublin ET Where Studied medical science at Trinity College and music at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Together with Constance Hardinge ET co-founded the Dublin Orchestral Players in 1939, an amateur group set up with the training of young players AIM and conductors and Public Offering good-quality performances of music, Irish music Especially, Many of Which Gave THEY FIRST. A Quaker and pacifist, hey served as a bacteriologist in the RAF During The War and, in 1947, joined the BBC in Belfast as resident accompanist, conductor and broadcaster, has post In Which ET Spent the next thirty years. He Was Constantly on the look-out for new talent and Nurtured Many careers, Including Several Such as Heather Harper, James Galway and Barry Douglas later Who Went on to be big names. Havelock Nelson Founded and directed the Studio Opera Group in the 1950s in Belfast in order to provide statement Opportunities for local players and singers to perform operas in English Major. Opera Studio ugly the foundation for what later Became Castleward Opera. He directed the aussi Ulster Singers from 1954. He Was a frequent adjudicator at music competitions and Internationally year He Has extensive list of compositions and arrangements for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir and voice, in addition to incidental music for radio plays Some 150 movies and television. Google machine translation: Havelock NELSON's original bio |
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| Havelock NELSON Publisher : Marc Reift Genre : Instrumental music |
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