Caius Choir Alumni Event 2016 (with recordings)
On Sunday 19th June 2016 Gonville & Caius College hosted its
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The Will, as recorded in The Independent
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From The Independent, Saturday 8 January 1994
[...Read More]A biography of Peter Tranchell by John Gwinnell
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Peter Andrew Tranchell was born on 14 July 1922 in Cuddalore, India
[...Read More]Memories from Eastbourne College
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Memories of Peter T from A history of music at Eastbourne College from its foundation in 1867 until the move into the Birley Centre
[...Read More]A voiceless velar stop
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The Ripon Lay Clerks found it hard to believe that the "ch" in Tranchell was a [k] and not a [tʃ], so we offered to print this on every score:
[...Read More]Analysis by Peter Marchbank, part 3. Music of the 1950s
An account of 16 diverse works by Peter Tranchell from the 1950s.
[...Read More]Haiku for Peter
Peter T is dead
But his music still lives on
(I hear the cackle:-)
Vyvyan Chatterjie, by email, 29/01/2016
[...Read More]Analysis by Peter Marchbank, part 1. The early years: to 1950
An account of 18 diverse works by Peter Tranchell from the years before 1950.
[...Read More]When altos joined the choir - reminiscences from Chris Henshall
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Chris Henshall (1972) remembers...
[...Read More]Virgoan Responses now available
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We have transcribed Tranchell's Virgoan Responses as arranged for SATB.
[...Read More]Memorial Service Address, Leppard, 12 February 1994
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Address delivered by Raymond Leppard at the Memorial Service for Peter Tranchell, 12 February 1994
[...Read More]Peter Tranchell, a poem by Paul Archer
Another take on Peter T may be found in this poem by Paul Archer http://www.paularcher.net/poems/peter_tranchell.html
[...Read More]Obituary of Peter Tranchell, Porter, The Independent, September 1993
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Peter Tranchell, the composer, was for 40 years a key figure in the musical world of Cambridge University.
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The Daily Telegraph London, p19, September 18, 1993
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THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, Radcliffe, The Cambridge Review, 7th February 1959
Philip Radcliffe applauds the revival of PAT’s The Mayor of Casterbridge, conducted by Guy Woolfenden, and hopes that it will soon be as widely known as it deserves.
[...Read More]Tranchell’s Decalogue, Epps, The Cambridge Review, 3rd March 1956
A review by David Epps of a concert performance of Peter Tranchell’s Decalogue in St John’s College Chapel by the C.U.M.S. chorus, brass and percussion; from The Cambridge Review, 3rd March 1956
[...Read More]THE MUSIC FOR THE “BACCHAE”, Radcliffe, The Cambridge Review, 25th February 1956
Philip Radcliffe reviews Peter Tranchell's music for The Bacchae.
[...Read More]ZULEIKA—HER MUSIC, Lowe, The Cambridge Review, 13th November 1954
In this article the Director of Music for the B.B.C.’s. Midland Region discusses the music of Zuleika.
[...Read More]HOMERTON COLLEGE MUSICAL SOCIETY [This Sorry Scheme of Things, February 13], Radcliffe, 21st February 1953
The most notable feature of this concert was the first
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THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, Leppard, The Cambridge Review, Volume LXXIII, 13 October 1951
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A review by Raymond Leppard of Peter Tranchell's opera The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Cambridge Review, Volume LXXIII, 13 October 1951
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