2016 in British music
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This is a summary of the year 2016 in British music.
Events
- 12 January – Having stipulated that he did not want a funeral ceremony, David Bowie is cremated in New Jersey, USA, with arrangements for his ashes to be scattered in accordance with Buddhist rituals on the island of Bali.[1]
- 13 January – Chetham's School of Music announces the appointment of Alun Jones as its new Head, effective September 2016.[2]
- 28 January – Wigmore Hall live-streams performances for the first time.[3]
- 24 February – The 2016 Brit Awards ceremony takes place at The O2, presented by Ant & Dec.[4] David Bowie is awarded the "Brits Icon" award, a few weeks after his death. Actor Gary Oldman accepts the award on Bowie's behalf.[5]
- 12 May – The Stone Roses release their first new single in 21 years, "All For One", their first new material since their 2011 reformation.
- 14 May – The United Kingdom will compete in the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden. This year's Joe and Jake will represent the United Kingdom with their song, You're Not Alone
- 11 July – Release of Stand As One – Live at Glastonbury 2016, an album of live performances from the 2016 Glastonbury Festival in memory of Jo Cox, the MP recently killed in a violent attack; proceeds from the album will go towards helping Oxfam's work with refugees, Cox having worked for the charity for some years.[6][7]
- 8 October – The Wind in the Willows, a musical by Julian Fellowes with music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, receives its world première at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth.[8]
Television series
- 8 January – Launch of the first series of Lip Sync Battle: UK on Channel 5, a British version of the American musical comedy television show where celebrities lip sync battle each other to various popular songs.
- 9 January – Launch of the fifth series of The Voice UK, the last to be broadcast by the BBC.
Charts
Main article: 2016 in British music charts
Artists and groups reformed
Groups on hiatus
Groups disbanded
- Allo Darlin'
- The Bad Shepherds
- Bolt Thrower
- Dead or Alive
- Funeral for a Friend
- FVK
- The Enemy
- Lush
- The Maccabees
- Marion
- Maybeshewill
- Viola Beach
- Vondelpark
- Wodensthrone
Classical works
- Julian Anderson - Incantesimi[10]
- Sally Beamish
- Chaconne (for organ)[11]
- A Shakespeare Masque (text by Carol Ann Duffy)
- Luke Bedford
- Judith Bingham - The Orchid and Its Hunters[14]
- Harrison Birtwistle - Five Lessons in a Frame[15]
- Mark David Boden - Ghyll[16]
- Charlotte Bray
- Paul Carr - Violin Concerto[19]
- Chiu-yu Chou - Tongue[20]
- Desmond Clarke
- Anna Clyne – This Lunar Beauty[23]
- Ronald Corp - "Behold, the sea"[24]
- Tom Coult
- Laurence Crane - Cobbled Section After Cobbled Section[25]
- Stephen Deazley (music) and Martin Riley (text) - The Rattler[26]
- James Dillon - The Gates for string quartet and orchestra[27]
- Richard Emsley - Strange Attractor[25]
- Edmund Finnis – Parallel Colour[28]
- Alissa Firsova
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad - Game On (for piano and Commodore 64)
- Michael Zev Gordon – In the Middle of Things[31]
- Tom Harrold
- Thomas Hyde - Piano Trio: after Picasso[34]
- Patrick John Jones - Locks of the approaching storm[22]
- Mica Levi - Signal Before War[35]
- Zoë Martlew - Broad St. Burlesque[13]
- Christian Mason - Isolarion III
- Benedict Mason - Horns Strings and Harmony[36]
- David Matthews - Norfolk March[37]
- Ben Palmer - Flying in the Fire[38]
- Roxanna Panufnik – Kyrie after Byrd[17]
- Owain Park – Upheld by stillness[17]
- Aaron Parker - After sunset fades[20]
- Joseph Phibbs - Partita[39]
- John Pickard - Symphony No 5[40]
- Michael Pisaro - fields have ears (10)[41]
- Sophya Polevaya - Carousel
- Francis Pott – Laudate Dominum[17]
- John Powell - A Prussian Requiem[42]
- Alwynne Pritchard - Rockaby[41]
- Ryan Probert – Mattei[43]
- Derek Rodgers - Clarinet Concerto[44]
- Matt Rogers - We Happened to Travel[45]
- David Sawer - April\March[35]
- Frederick Scott - Toccata seconda
- Percy Sherwood - Concerto for violin and cello
- Howard Skempton - Piano Concerto[25]
- Mark-Anthony Turnage – Strapless (ballet in one act, choreography by Christopher Wheeldon)[46]
- Roderick Williams – Ave verum corpus re-imagined[17]
- Scott Wilson - head-neck-chest-four-five-six-thing[47]
- John Woolrich - Swan Song[13]
Opera
- Figaro Gets a Divorce by Elena Langer (libretto by David Pountney) is premièred on 21 February 2016 by Welsh National Opera in Cardiff.[48]
- Found and Lost by Emily Hall is premièred at the Corinthia Hotel London in January 2016.
- Other premieres:
- Iain Bell (music), David Antrobus and Emma Jenkins (libretto) - In Parenthesis[49]
- David Bruce and Glyn Maxwell – Nothing[50]
- Stuart MacRae and Louise Welsh – The Devil Inside[51]
- Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - The Hogboon[52]
- Philip Venables - 4.48 Psychosis[53]
Musical theatre
- The Wind in the Willows by Julian Fellowes, with music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe[8]
Musical films
Film scores and incidental music
Film
Television
British music awards
- Brit Awards – see 2016 Brit Awards
Deaths
- 4 January – Robert Stigwood, Australian-born band manager (Bee Gees, Cream) and film producer (Grease, Saturday Night Fever), 81[54] (death announced on this date)
- 10 January – David Bowie, singer-songwriter and actor, 69[55]
- 17 January – Dale Griffin, drummer (Mott the Hoople), 67 (Alzheimer's disease)[56]
- 24 January – Jimmy Bain, Scottish bassist (Rainbow, Dio), 68[57]
- 26 January – Colin Vearncombe (aka Black), singer-songwriter, 53 (head injuries sustained in a traffic collision)[58]
- 28 January
- Paul Kantner, singer-songwriter, guitarist (Jefferson Airplane), 74 [59]
- Signe Anderson, singer-songwriter (Jefferson Airplane), 74[60]
- 9 February – Roy Harris, folk singer, 82
- 13 February – Members of Viola Beach:
- Kris Leonard, 20, singer and guitarist
- Jack Dakin, 19, drummer
- Tomas Lowe, 27, bassist
- River Reeves, 19, guitarist
- Craig Tarry, 32, manager (road accident)[61]
- 18 February – Brendan Healy, 59, actor and musician
- 19 February – Vi Subversa, musician (Poison Girls), 80[62]
- 25 February – John Chilton, jazz musician and writer, 83[63]
- 1 March – Louise Plowright, musical theatre actress, 59 (pancreatic cancer)[64]
- 3 March – Gwyneth George, concert cellist and music academic, 95[65]
- 8 March – Sir George Martin, Grammy-winning producer and composer, 90[66]
- 9 March – Jon English, English-born Australian musician and actor, 66 (complications from surgery)[67]
- 10 March – Keith Emerson, keyboardist (Emerson, Lake and Palmer), 71 (self-inflicted gunshot wound)[68]
- 14 March – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, composer and conductor, Master of the Queen's Music (2004–2014), 81[69]
- 4 April – Royston Nash, conductor, 82
- 12 April – Alan Loveday, violinist, 88[70]
- 15 April – Guy Woolfenden, composer and conductor, 78[71]
- 25 May – Peggy Spencer, dancer and choreographer, 95[72]
- 3 June – Dave Swarbrick, folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), 75[73]
- 14 June – Henry McCullough, guitarist (Paul McCartney & Wings), 72
- 22 June
- Mike Hart, singer-songwriter, 72
- Harry Rabinowitz, composer and conductor, 100[74]
- 2 July – David Patrick Gedge, organist, 77[75]
- 13 July - Steven Young, musician (Colourbox), (M/A/R/R/S)), 53
- 17 July - Fred Tomlinson, singer (The Two Ronnies, Monty Python's Flying Circus), composer ("The Lumberjack Song") and critic, 88[76]
- 24 July - Keith Gemmell, saxophonist, clarinetist (Audience), 68
- 26 July - Paul Robertson, violinist and leader of the Medici String Quartet, 63[77]
- 29 July - Ken Barrie, voice actor and singer, 83[78]
- 30 July - Nigel Gray, record producer (Outlandos d'Amour), 69[79]
- 14 August – Neil Black, oboist, 84[80]
- 19 August - Derek Smith, jazz pianist, 85[81] (death announced on this date)
- 22 August - Gilli Smyth, singer (Gong), 83[82]
- 28 August - John Stenhouse, orchestral bass clarinetist, 74[83]
- 12 September - Hidayat Inayat Khan, composer and conductor, 99[84]
- 30 September - Michael Casswell, guitarist, 53[85]
- 2 October
- Sir Neville Marriner, conductor and violinist, 92[86]
- Thomas Round, opera singer, 100[87]
- 5 October - Rod Temperton, songwriter, producer and musician (Heatwave), 68
- 7 October - Anne Pashley, Olympic athlete and opera singer, 80[88]
- 23 October - Pete Burns, singer (Dead or Alive), 57 (cardiac arrest)
- 7 November - Sir Jimmy Young, singer and DJ, 95[89]
- 11 November - George Reynolds, orchestral trumpeter, 78[90]
- 22 November - Craig Gill, drummer (Inspiral Carpets), 44
- 1 December - Micky Fitz, punk singer (The Business)[91] (death announced this date)
References
- ↑ Keveney, Bill (31 January 2016). "David Bowie requests ashes be scattered in Bali". USA Today. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ↑ "Chetham's School of Music appoints new Head" (Press release). Chetham's School of Music. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ↑ "Wigmore Hall Announces Start of Live Streaming" (Press release). Wigmore Hall. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ↑ "Ant & Dec return for The BRITs 2016". The BRIT Awards. 14 September 2015.
- ↑ Vulpo, Mike (24 February 2016). "Lorde Gets Emotional When Paying Tribute to the Late David Bowie at 2016 Brit Awards". E! Online. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ↑ Payne, Chris (20 June 2016). "Coldplay, Muse, Chvrches & More to Tribute Jo Cox With Glastonbury Live Album". Billboard. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "Glastonbury live album to be dedicated to Jo Cox MP". BBC News. BBC. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- 1 2 "Julian Fellowes' The Wind in the Willows to receive world premiere in Plymouth". thestage.co.uk. The Stage. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "Bombay Bicycle Club are going on hiatus - NME". 29 January 2016.
- ↑ Fiona Maddocks (2016-06-12). "Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle review – Julian Anderson's aural brilliance". The Observer. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ↑ "David Titterington, organ - Southbank Centre". 4 February 2015.
- ↑ Universal Edition page on Three Caves
- 1 2 3 "Remembering the Future - Birmingham Contemporary Music Group".
- ↑ Royal Colletge of Music, Women in Music programme, 8 March 2016
- 1 2 Andrew Clements (2016-06-03). "London Sinfonietta/Brabbins review – an evening of bewitching debuts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ↑ "BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2017".
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Seven world premieres - the impressive debut of Suzi Digby and Ora Singers".
- ↑ "Aldeburgh Festival - BBC Symphony Orchestra".
- ↑ "Bath Philharmonia; English Music Festival".
- 1 2 3 Alfred Hickling (2016-04-25). "BBC Philharmonic/Gourlay review – inventive, eclectic and ill-coordinated". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
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- 1 2 "Philharmonia Orchestra - Southbank Centre". 23 April 2015.
- ↑ Britten Sinfonia programme, 15–20 January 2016
- ↑ "Highgate Choral Society - Southbank Centre". 12 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 "BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 1 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra".
- ↑ "The Rattler: World Premiere - Southbank Centre". 16 December 2015.
- ↑ SWR Symphonieorchester, 14 October 2016 programme
- ↑ "Parallel Colour - Birmingham Contemporary Music Group".
- ↑ 'International Women's Day: BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers', Radio 3 in Concert - BBC Radio 3, 8 March 2016
- ↑ David Nice, 'Françoise-Green Piano Duo, St John's Smith Square'. The Arts Desk, 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "- St John's Smith Square".
- ↑ Kate Molleson (2016-04-08). "BBCSSO/Volkov review – Tchaikovsky celebrated as avant-garde experimentalist". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ↑ Erica Jeal (2016-09-11). "Verdi Requiem/Last Night of the Proms review – Flórez steals the show on a night of a thousand flags". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ↑ Claire Seymour, 'Assured Performances by the Aquinas Piano Trio'. Seen and Heard International blog, 14 March 2016
- 1 2 Tim Ashley (2016-08-21). "London Sinfonietta/Gourlay review – finely focused foray into microtonal music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ↑ "Benedict Mason Portrait - Birmingham Contemporary Music Group".
- ↑ Faber Music page on David Matthews' Norfolk March
- ↑ "Orchestra of St Paul's, Woking Choral Society and Vox Cordis".
- ↑ Erica Jeal (2016-05-22). "BBCSO/Ibragimova/Oramo review – orchestral sonorities meet choral intensity". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ↑ "Elgar Cello Concerto - BBC National Orchestra of Wales".
- 1 2 "BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 2 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra".
- ↑ "Philharmonia Orchestra - Southbank Centre". 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Richard Bratby (2016-02-05). "Review: CBSO, Olari Elts and Baiba Skride at Symphony Hall". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
- ↑ "Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra".
- ↑ "Underline: We Happened to Travel – Art on the Underground".
- ↑ Royal Opera House page on Strapless, 12 February – 11 March 2016
- ↑ Barber Institute of Fine Arts, 17 February 2016 programme
- ↑ "Figaro Gets a Divorce", Welsh National Opera website, accessed 19 March 2015.
- ↑ Rian Evans (2016-05-15). "In Parenthesis review – poetic tribute finds humanity in the trenches". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ↑ George Hall (2016-02-28). "Nothing review – gospel of teen nihilism is finely executed". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ↑ Kate Molleson (2016-01-22). "'We talked diseases for days': the making of a modern opera". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ↑ George Hall (2016-06-27). "The Hogboon review – lively launch for Maxwell Davies' uneven folk opera". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ Nicholas Wroe (2016-05-21). "How Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis became an opera". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ↑ Thomas, Pat. "Bee Gees Manager Robert Stigwood Dies at 81".
- ↑ "David Bowie, the Legendary Musician, Has Died at 69". New York Times. 11 January 2016. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑ "Update: Music world mourns death of Mott The Hoople drummer Dale 'Buffin' Griffin at 67".
- ↑ "Former RAINBOW/DIO Bassist JIMMY BAIN Dead At 68". 24 January 2016.
- ↑ Hann, Michael (26 January 2016). "Colin Vearncombe, the voice of Black, dies, aged 53" – via The Guardian.
- ↑ "Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner dies at 74".
- ↑ "Signe Anderson, Jefferson Airplane Singer, Dead at 74".
- ↑ Khomami, Nadia; Meikle, James (14 February 2016). "Indie band Viola Beach and manager die in car crash in Sweden" – via The Guardian.
- ↑ "Vi Subversa: 20th June 1935 - 19th February 2016: Flesh and blood is what we are - Louder Than War". 20 February 2016.
- ↑ "John Chilton, Grammy award-winning jazz writer, dies".
- ↑ "Louise Plowright dies aged 59".
- ↑ "UK cellist Gywneth George dies aged 95 - The Strad". 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "George Martin, Producer and Arranger for The Beatles, Dies at 90".
- ↑ "Tributes flow for 'Aussie rock legend' Jon English". 10 March 2016.
- ↑ Ratliff, Ben (11 March 2016). "Keith Emerson, '70s Rock Showman With a Taste for Spectacle, Dies at 71". The New York Times. p. B7.
- ↑ "British composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies dies aged 81". 14 March 2016 – via www.bbc.com.
- ↑ "Alan Loveday, violinist – obituary". Telegraph. 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ↑ "English composer and Sibford Ferris resident Guy Woolfenden dies". Banbury Guardian. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ↑ "Peggy Spencer, star of Come Dancing, dies aged 95". 26 May 2016 – via www.bbc.com.
- ↑ Schofield, Derek (3 June 2016). "Dave Swarbrick obituary" – via The Guardian.
- ↑ Dave Laing (2016-06-23). "Harry Rabinowitz obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ↑ Katy Wright (2016-07-11). "David Gedge (12 March 1939 – 2 July 2016)". Classical Music Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ↑ "Fred Tomlinson, singer on Monty Python – obituary".
- ↑ "Paul Robertson, Medici Quartet violinist – obituary". Telegraph. 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ↑ "Ken Barrie, the voice of Postman Pat, dies at the age of 83".
- ↑ "Doctor who recorded The Police albums in Leatherhead dies".
- ↑ "Neil Black (28 May 1932 – 14 August 2016)". Classical Music Magazine. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
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- ↑ "Obituary: John Stenhouse (1942–2016)" (Press release). London Symphony Orchestra. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
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- ↑ World class Gilbert and Sullivan tenor dies, aged 100
- ↑ "Anne Pashley, Olympic athlete and opera singer – obituary". Telegraph. 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ↑ "Sir Jimmy Young: Veteran broadcaster dies aged 95". 8 November 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Obituary: George Reynolds (1938–2016)" (Press release). London Symphony Orchestra. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ↑ The Business Frontman Micky Fitz Dies After Battle With Cancer
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