PATTERSON, Paul
b Chesterfield, 15 June 1947
From 1964 he studied trombone and composition at the Royal Academy of Music. On leaving he won a scholarship to study with Richard Rodney Bennett. He became director of contemporary music at Warwick University in 1974, and professor of composition at the Royal Academy. In 1980 he took up a two-year post as composer-in-residence at King's School, Canterbury. He has made lecture tours for the British Council and is visiting lecturer to various American universities.
1967 (20)
Wind Quintet
1968 (21)
Wind Trio
1969 (22)
Trumpet Concerto
1970 (23)
Concertante for orchestra
Partita for orchestra
Monologue for solo oboe
1971 (24)
Horn Concerto
Piccola Sinfonia
Symphonic Study
1972 (25)
Fiesta Sinfonica
Comedy for Five Winds
Kyrie, for chorus and piano
1973 (26)
Sonors, for orchestra
Intersections, for instrumental ensemble
Gloria, for chorus and piano
Time-Piece, for six male voices
The Abode of the Dead, for voices and ensemble
You'll Never Be Alone, for voices and ensemble
Fluorescence, for organ
1974 (27)
Fusions, for orchestra
Floating Music, for ensemble
Conversations, for clarinet and piano
Chromascope, for brass band
1975 (28)
The Circular Ruins, for orchestra
Strange Meeting, for orchestra
Count Down, for brass band
Cataclysm, for brass band
Requiem, for chorus and orchestra
Shadows, for clarinet and tape
1976 (29)
Clarinet Concerto
Wildfire, for orchestra
Diversions, for saxophone ensemble
1977 (30)
Spare Parts, for six male voices
Games, for organ
1978 (31)
Brain Storm, for four voices and live electronics
1979 (32)
Voices of Sleep, for soprano, chorus and orchestra
1980 (33)
Sing Praises! for chorus and orchestra
At the Still Point of the Turning World, for ensemble
Deception Pass, for brass ensemble
1981 (34)
The Canterbury Psalms, for chorus and orchestra
Concerto for orchestra
1982 (35)
Sinfonia for strings
1983 (36)
Mass of the Sea, for soli, chorus and orchestra
Patterson also composed:
Luslawice Variations, for violin
Spiders, for harp
Duologue, for oboe and piano
Three Portraits, for piano
Christ is the King, for choir