Born in Hampshire in 1941, Geoffrey Burgon is a composer who has enjoyed equal success in the worlds of film, television, and classical music.
Geoffrey Burgon is a highly established composer who has enjoyed equal success in the worlds of classical and TV and Film music. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. At the age of thirty, having enjoyed success as a freelance trumpeter, he sold his trumpets in order to dedicate all his energies to full time composition.
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Three of Geoffrey Burgon tracks have been recorded by The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, these are Releasing The Turtles, Julia's Theme and Song From Longitude.
Film and TV
Island At War The Forsyte
Saga
Island At War (2004)
The Forsyte Saga (2003)
Ghost Stories For Christmas (2000)
Longitude (2000)
and many more including Cider With Rosie (1998), Silent Witness (1996), Robin Hood (1991), The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (1988) and Dr Who (1976).
Recordings
Choral Works (2006)
The British Music Cololection (2002)
String Quartet No.1
Cider With Rosie (1998)
Brideshead Revisited (1993)
Nunc Dimittis
Songs Of The Creation
Robin Hood
Marin Chuzzlewit
Lunar Beauty
The Fall Of Lucifer and Other Works
Magic Words
The Wanderer For Clarinet Quintet
Dos Coros For 12 Solo Voices Or Choir
Acquainted With Night For Alto and Chamber Orchestra
Light Of The World
The World Again - Fantasy For Orchestra with Solo Soprano
The Choristers Of Canterbury Cathedral
Toccata For Trumpet and Piano
Awards
BAFTA - Best Original Score for Television for The Forsyte Saga (2003)
BAFTA - Best Original Score for Televion for Longitude (2001)
External Websites
View Geoffrey Burgon on chesternovello.com