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Gavin Sutherland

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Biography

Gavin Sutherland is an English conductor, composer, and pianist born in 1972 in Chester-le-Street. He studied at the University of Huddersfield, graduating with first-class honors and receiving the Kruczynski Prize. Sutherland began his career as a pianist and staff conductor for Northern Ballet Theatre from 1992 to 1998. He gained prominence with the release of the CD British Light Music Discoveries, leading to collaborations with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. In 2008, he was appointed Music Director of the English National Ballet, becoming Principal Conductor in 2010. He transitioned to the role of Principal Guest Conductor in 2022. Sutherland has conducted over a hundred recordings and orchestrated scores for ballets including Raymonda and Giselle. In 2020, he won the Critics' Circle National Dance Award. He was named a Freeman of the City of London in 2024 and received an Olivier Award nomination in 2025 for Ballet Shoes. Sutherland is also a composer, known for the musical Little Women.
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  2.   B. Montgomery: Anglo-Amalgamated Fanfare No. 3 by Gavin Sutherland
  3.   B. Montgomery: Carry On Suite (based on music in Sergeant, Teacher and Nurse) by Gavin Sutherland
  4.   B. Montgomery: Raising the Wind - theme by Gavin Sutherland
  5.   First Fruits: III. Laughter featuring Gavin Sutherland
  6.   First Fruits: II. Above Wengen featuring Gavin Sutherland
  7.   First Fruits: I. I Was a King In Babylon featuring Gavin Sutherland
  8.   First Fruits: VII. Tarn In the Hills featuring Gavin Sutherland
  9.   First Fruits: VI. Home Again featuring Gavin Sutherland
  10.   First Fruits: V. White Moons featuring Gavin Sutherland
  11.   First Fruits: IV. Late Evening featuring Gavin Sutherland
  12.   Tchaikovsky, Lennon, McCartney: Beatlecracker Suite (Arr. Wilkinson): Waltz of the Flowers (From Me To You) by Gavin Sutherland
  13.   Memories: III. Turn Again Home featuring Gavin Sutherland
  14.   Memories: II. Sunset featuring Gavin Sutherland
  15.   Memories: I. To JDM featuring Gavin Sutherland
  16.   First Fruits: VIII. Skeins of Life featuring Gavin Sutherland
  17.   Memories: VI. Once In a Blue Moon featuring Gavin Sutherland
  18.   Memories: V. Song featuring Gavin Sutherland
  19.   Memories: IV. Lament featuring Gavin Sutherland
  20.   Memories: VII. Haunted featuring Gavin Sutherland
  21.   A Christmas Carol Symphony~Allegretto (Past three o'clock / Now the holly bears a berry / The holly and the ivy) by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
  22.   A Christmas Carol Symphony~Andante tranquillo (Away in a manger / Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen) by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
  23.   London Suite featuring Royal Ballet Sinfonia
  24.   Richard Rodney Bennett: Little Suite - The Bird's Lament by Royal Ballet Sinfonia
  25.   Richard Rodney Bennett: Little Suite - The Widow Bird by Royal Ballet Sinfonia
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