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Perkola, Mikko

BERKELEY, LENNOX (1903 - 1989)

Although Lennox Berkeley had begun composing as a child, he did not initially plan a career in music and read Modern Languages at Oxford. There he wrote his first published work, a song The Thresher, and after encouragement from Ravel he moved to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger. During this time he met Stravinsky and Poulenc, becoming a life-long friend of the latter. Another significant friendship was begun in 1936 at the ISCM Festival in Barcelona, when he met Britten, with whom he composed Mont Juic, based on Catalan folk-tunes they heard in a park. Despite being ten years Berkeley�s junior, Britten was an important mentor to him in his development. Berkeley�s reputation was established in the early 1940s with the premi�res of the Serenade for Strings (1939), First Symphony (1940) and Divertimento (1943). Apart from Ravel, Faur�, the neoclassical works of Stravinsky and Britten, Berkeley�s personal voice was also influenced by Mozart and Chopin. His music is marked by elegance, charm, wit and masterly craftsmanship. Apart from composing, Berkeley taught from 1946 to 1968 at the Royal Academy, where his pupils included John Tavener and Richard Rodney Bennett. He was knighted in 1974. In over a hundred compositions he contributed to all genres, including four operas and four symphonies. Among his finest achievements are the one-movement Third Symphony (1969), Horn Trio (1953) and the Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila (1947). His legacy also includes a significant body of compositions setting sacred texts and liturgy. These sprang from his strong personal faith, and membership of the Roman Catholic Church, which he joined in 1928.

In an article Truth in Music (1966), Berkeley offered his views about composing works for the church: �Being a Roman Catholic, I have naturally been drawn to the Latin liturgy and felt at home with it; it�s part of my life, and I have wanted to bring to it what I have to offer, however unworthy�.

Discography (1)
Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	Bach, J.S.: Viola Da Gamba Sonatas, Bwv 1027-1029 / Trios	$9.99	Dec 11, 2007	Naxos Classics

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