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🎼 #ComposerOfTheDay: 1 Nov
Roger Quilter (1877–1953) – British composer best known for his lyrical art songs and incidental music. His Suite from “Where the Rainbow Ends” captures warmth and imagination in true English style.

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November 1st – Music Of The Day
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November 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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A brief look at the first composer of Sunday's concert - Roger Quilter.

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A lavender background has the text 'Roger Quilter, composer.' written as a title in large purple letters. A black and white portrait of a white man is in the bottom right, and next to it on the left is the quote "The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet" with 'From: 'The Pretty Birds Do Sing'' written underneath. Black text on a lavender background reads 'About the composer: Roger Quilter was born on 1st November, 1877, in Brighton. He was born to a wealthy family , and was privileged to attend Eton College. Quilter is best known for his settings of text to music - his light music. He composed for orchestra occasionally, and although perfectly capable of doing so, was put off from orchestral composition due to his disbelief in his orchestral arranging skills. He, and his family, knew that he was a homosexual from a young age. His family appear to have been exceptionally accepting of this, considering the illegality and attitudes of homosexuality at the time. Quilter struggled throughout his life with his health, both physical and mental. On 21st September 1953, he passed away at his home in London.' Underneath the text is an artistic drawing of music stanza. Black text on a lavender background reads: 'About the piece we're playing: Where the Rainbow Ends was originally composed to accompany the play of the same name. The play was based on the book (again of the same name) by Clifford Mills. The story follows a brother and sister (Crispian and Rosamund), who's parents are missing after being shipwrecked. The children are looked after by their wicked Aunt Matilda and Uncle Joseph. Crispian and Rosamund have a pet lion cub (Cubby). The siblings discover a book called ' Where the Rainbow Ends' in their uncle's library which tells them of a land where all loved ones that are lost, are found. They leave their wicked relatives and go on a journey to the Land Where the Rainbow Ends, experiencing a magic carpet, a genie, a Sea Witch, and Elves. Eventually, they are reunited with their parents at the farthest reaches of the Land Where the Rainbow Ends. Quilter composed the music for the first production of the play, and included a song (the Slumber Song), but no other singing was interspersed into the dialogue. This music was popular, and the play received Royal endorsement in 1935 when Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were in the audience. We will be playing the 'Where the Rainbow Ends Suite' which is a selection of five pieces from the original full production.'
June 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Roger Quilter:
🎵 Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

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September 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Roger Quilter, James Baillieu & Kathryn Rudge:
🎵 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op 12

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July 31, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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Roger Quilter, Julian Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, John Lenehan & Julian Lloyd Webber:
🎵 Summer Sunset

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July 24, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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English composer Roger Quilter, whose holy orchestral music and songs masked his lifelong unhappiness over being gay, was BOTD in 1877. #rogerquilter #sadgay #bornonthisday
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English composer Roger Quilter was BOTD in 1877. Born in Hove, Sussex to an aristocratic family, the son of a baronet, he was educated at Eton College. He studied music composition at the Hoch Cons…
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November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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open.spotify.com/track/5QIntz... #classicalmusic This lyrical gem from #RogerQuilter reminded me just what a fine exponent of the English art song tradition he was. Just glorious, and a real earworm.
3 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 6: O mistress mine
Roger Quilter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson · Quilter: Songs (English Song, Vol. 5) · Song · 2003
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April 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Roger Quilter & Clipper Erickson:
🎵 3 studies for piano, Op 4

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June 26, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Roger Quilter, BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Rumon Gamba:
🎵 A Children's Overture Op.17

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A Children's Overture, Op. 17
Roger Quilter, Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales · Overtures from the British Isles, Vol. 2 · Song · 2016
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June 3, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Roger Quilter, Joseph Middleton, Carolyn Sampson & Iestyn Davies:
🎵 It Was a Lover and His Lass (5 Shakespeare Songs)

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May 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Roger Quilter, William Shakespeare, Bryn Terfel & Malcolm Martineau:
🎵 Blow, blow, thou winter wind (3 Shakespeare Songs)

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April 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Roger Quilter, Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake:
🎵 Now sleeps the Crimson Petal (3 Songs Op.3)

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February 17, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Roger Quilter, James Baillieu & Kathryn Rudge:
🎵 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op 12

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February 17, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Roger Quilter, Ian Tindale & Santiago Sánchez:
🎵 Fair house of joy

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February 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Roger Quilter, Ian Tindale & Santiago Sánchez:
🎵 The faithless sheppardess

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February 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Roger Quilter, Malcolm Martineau, William Shakespeare & John Mark Ainsley:
🎵 Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (3 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 6)

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January 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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🎵 A Children's Overture Op.17

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December 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Roger Quilter, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Adrian Leaper:
🎵 As You Like It - suite: No. 3; Merry Pranks

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Roger Quilter, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper · Quilter: Where the Rainbow Ends / Country Pieces · Song · 1994
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October 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Roger Quilter, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Adrian Leaper:
🎵 Suite: 'As You Like It' (No. 3 Merry Pranks)

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August 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Roger Quilter, James Baillieu & Kathryn Rudge:
🎵 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op 12

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August 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Roger Quilter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson & Graham Johnson:
🎵 Go, lovely Rose (5 English love lyrics Op.24)

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August 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Roger Quilter, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Adrian Leaper:
🎵 Evening in the Forest (As You Like It - suite Op.21)

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July 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Roger Quilter, Graham Johnson & Anthony Rolfe Johnson:
🎵 I Arise from Dreams of Thee, Op. 29

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July 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Roger Quilter, BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Rumon Gamba:
🎵 A Children's Overture Op.17

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July 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Roger Quilter, James Baillieu & Kathryn Rudge:
🎵 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op 12

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July 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM