David Bedford
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Biography
David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 â 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music. He was the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, the grandson of the composer, painter and author Herbert Bedford and the composer Liza Lehmann, and the son of Leslie Bedford, an inventor, and Lesley Duff, a soprano opera singer.
From 1969 to 1981, Bedford was Composer in Residence at Queen's College, London. From 1968 to 1980, he taught music in a number of London secondary schools. In 1996 he was appointed Composer in Association with the English Sinfonia. In 2001 he was appointed Chairman of the Performing Right Society, having previously been Deputy chairman.
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- Friendship featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- Trona
- Fritha featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- Sad and Lonely Faces
- Star's End
- The Snow Goose featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- The Great Marsh featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- Rhayader featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- Overture: Scene 1: The Forest/Anders and the Red One/Anders'
- Scene 2: The City/Anders and the Red One
- Dunkirk featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- La Princesse Perdue featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- It's Easier Than It Looks
- The Great Marsh featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- Some Bright Stars for Queens College
- Nurses Song with Elephants
- Preparation featuring London Symphony Orchestra
- Scene 4: Anders Alone in the City/The Ritual Song/Anders' Flight Through the Forest/At the Ship: Countdown/Lift Off / Finale
- Scene 3: Kapper And Lee In The Forest/The Death Of The Orange One/The Funeral Procession
