Roger Steptoe

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Roger Steptoe (born 1953) is an English composer and pianist.[1] He studied music at the University of Reading as an undergraduate and then at the Royal Academy of Music, London, from 1974 to 1977 as a post-graduate student .[2] There he studied composition with Alan Bush and piano accompaniment with Geoffrey Pratley.[2]

Selected works

Opera
Orchestral
  • Cheers! (1993)
  • This Side of Winter (2002)
  • A Three-Tango Rhapsody (2007)
  • Two Miniatures for strings (1977)
Concertante
  • Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra (1991)
  • Concerto for clarinet and strings (1989)
  • Concerto for oboe and strings (1982)
  • Concerto for tuba and strings (1983)
  • Light, Sinfonietta for organ and strings (2006–2007)
Chamber music
  • Clarinet Quintet (1980)
  • Dance Suite for oboe, clarinet and string quartet (1984)
  • Duo for oboe and harp (1991)
  • Oboe Quartet (1988–1989)
  • Petite Sonatine 1 for viola solo (2009); commissioned for the 2010 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition[3]
  • Petite Sonatine 2 for cello solo (2009)
  • Quatre romances sans paroles for piano quartet (2001)
  • Sonata No.3 for brass quintet (1982)
  • Sonata for clarinet and piano (2003)
  • Sonata for trumpet and organ (2008)
  • Sonata for tuba and piano (2007)
  • Sonata for viola and piano (2010)
  • Sonata No.1 for violin and piano (1983)
  • Sonata No.2 for violin and piano (1986)
  • String Quartet No.1 (1976)
  • String Quartet No.2 (1985)
  • String Quartet No.3 (2002)
  • String Quartet No.4 (2003)
  • Study for solo violin (1978)
  • Three Pieces for viola and piano (1982)
  • Two Impromptus for solo clarinet (1978)
  • Two Studies for bassoon and piano (1983)
Piano
  • Equinox (1981)
  • Piano Sonata No.1 (1979)
  • Piano Sonata No.2 (1988)
  • Piano Sonata No.3 (2003)
  • Three Nocturnes (1991)
  • Three Preludes (1976)
Vocal
  • Aspects for high voice and piano (1978)
  • The Bond of the Sea for bass baritone and piano (1983); text by Joseph Conrad
  • An Elegy on the Death and Burial of Cock Robin for countertenor and 11 solo strings (1988)
  • Five Songs for tenor and piano (1976); poems by Percy Shelley and John Keats
  • The Looking Glass for soprano, oboe and piano (1980); words by Ursula Vaughan Williams
  • 3 Paul Verlaine Songs (3 French Songs) for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano (2009); words by Paul Verlaine
  • Three Sonnets to Delia for baritone and piano (1993); poems by Samuel Daniel

References

  1. "Roger Steptoe". Stainer & Bell. Retrieved 2 December 2010. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Alan Bush Remembered". Alan Bush Music Trust. Retrieved 2 December 2010. 
  3. Roger Steptoe website

External links

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