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John Luke Rose

Senior Citizen (Professional)

Composer/Lyricist: Composer
Genre: Concert

Biography

John Rose was born in London in 1928 of Dutch parents, and was educated at the Diocesan College, Cape Town, 1942-46. There he studied organ with Dr Claude Brown and wrote music which was performed by the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra. He continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music, and at Oxford under Edmund Rubbra.

Subsequently, he worked mainly in adult education as founder of the St Albans Chamber Choir, as extra-mural tutor for various universities, and as Lecturer in Further Education, Glasgow.

After a long creative hiatus, he resumed composing in 1993 with the completion of Op. 8 for organ, an instrument for which he has felt a special affinity.

Scottish Music Information Centre
1 Bowmont Gardens, Glasgow G12 9LR
Tel: 0141 334 6393; fax: 0141 337 1161
E-mail: info@smic.dircon.co.uk
http://www.smic.org.uk

Eden Music Publishing
42 Killermont Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 2JA
Tel: 0141 942 3089 E-mail: c/o SMIC

The organ works are recorded by Kevin Bowyer on Cathedral Classical CC003, issued by:
Dinmore Records
11 Romsley Hill Grange, Farley Lane, Romsley, Worcs. B62 0LN
Tel/fax: 01562 710801

EMU Publishing
The Paddocks, West Melbury, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 0DA
Tel/fax: 01747 854108 E-mail:music@emupublishing.freeserve.co.uk

Private CDs in SMIC library, and also available on loan from EMP:-
Psalm XLII, String Quartet No.1, Songs Op.15, 13 and 18b, and 'Essay on DSCH'.

Important Works Performances
  1. Psalm XLII, Op. 6 (1969) chorus and orchestra - Latin text - 15' [SSAATTBB - 3333/4331/timp/perc/hp/str] 1st perf: Edinburgh Bach Choir, Cond. Neil Mantle, 20 March 1999 SMIC
  2. Spem in alium nunquam habui, Op. 19 (2001) motet for chorus (div.), 4 hr., 3 tr., 3 trb., timp. (4), & organ - 12' EMP/SMIC
  3. Hymn to the Father, Op. 2 (1949) SSAATTBB & organ - 7' BBC Singers under Leslie Woodgate, 1954 EMP
  4. Psalm 122, Op. 16 (1999) tenor solo, SATB & organ - 4' "Edwardian grandeur" - (Parry) - "is supplanted by calm dignity" - Organists' Review EMP
  5. String Quartet No. 1, Op. 14 (1997) - 21' "This Quartet is a profound piece" - BMS News, No. 82 EMP/SMIC
  6. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17 (1999) - 19' EMP/SMIC
  7. Essay on DSCH, Op. 7 (1971) for piano - 10' 1st perf. by Ronald Stevenson, McEwen Concerts, Glasgow, 1971 "The impression is of a piece of magnitude, a serious contrapuntal essay" - Musical Times SMIC
  8. Two Preludes & Three Fugues, Op. 20 (2002) for piano - 15' EMP/SMIC
  9. Prelude & Fugue, Op. 8 (1993) for organ - 10' 1st perf: Kevin Bowyer, St Albans International Organ Festival, 1995 "Consummate craftsmanship and powerful cumulative effect" - CD Review Choir & Organ, May-June 2000 SMIC (+ CD - Bowyer)
  10. Scherzo - Intermezzo - Toccata, Op. 9 (1995) for organ - 15' 1st perf: Kevin Bowyer, Warwick Parish Church, 7 June 1998 "Well-worth a place in the recital repertoire and in a Diploma Syllabus" - Choir & Organ, March 1996 SMIC (+ CD - Bowyer)
  11. Prelude & Fugue on a subject by Edmund Rubbra, Op. 12 (1949) for 2 tr., tenor trb./ hr., bass trb. - 4' EMU Publishing
  12. Two Fly Songs, Op. 15 (1996) for treble voices, mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano - 2?' SMIC
  13. Seven Scots Songs, Op. 13 (1996) original settings for mezzo-soprano and piano - 9' 1st perf: Angela Bell, Saltire Society, St Andrews, 1997 SMIC
  14. 'Unforgotten Thoughts', Op. 18a (2000) five songs for mezzo-soprano & chamber ensemble/orchestra (Fl. Ob./C.A. Cl. Bsn. Str. Qut. & Cb.) - 16'
  15. Op. 18b for mezzo-soprano & piano - 16' 1st perf: Taylor Wilson, Muziekcentrum, s'-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 21 November 2001 SMIC
  16. Five Odes form the Chinese, Op. 21 (2002) for bass-baritone and piano - 17' EMP/SMIC
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