Richard Addinsell
1904 - 1977
British
Summary
Undoubtedly his most successful work was to be the Warsaw Concerto, for piano and orchestra in the grand heroic style of Rachmaninov, the most memorable feature of the film Dangerous Moonlight (1941). But his fluent and versatile writing was to prove highly suitable to a whole era of British films of the mid-twentieth century, in many instances, as in all the best film scores, contributing independently to the popular success of the film. Addinsell was a match for many cinematic genres: historic drama (Fire over England, 1937, Tom Brown's Schooldays, 1950, Beau Brummel, 1954)), psychological (Gaslight, 1940), contemporary (Love on the Dole, 1941, Life at the Top, 1965) or even comedy (The Prince and the Showgirl, 1957, Waltz of the Toreadors, 1962). He was hugely influential on a generation of British film composers and established a quality and style of full scale orchestral writing that was never bettered.
Performances
12th December 2025
- PERFORMERS
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- George Morton
- LOCATION
- Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick, United Kingdom
31st December 2025
- SOLOISTS
- Artem Yasynsky/Darlene Ann Dobisch
- PERFORMERS
- KlassikPhilharmonie Hamburg
- CONDUCTOR
- Russell Harris
- LOCATION
- Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
14th February 2026
- SOLOISTS
- Thomas Luke
- PERFORMERS
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Enyi Okpara
- LOCATION
- Lighthouse, Poole, United Kingdom