Carver (play)
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Carver is a radio drama
by the Scottish composer and writer John Purser
about the 16th century Scottish composer Robert Carver
. It premiered on BBC Radio 3
on 31 March 1991, in a production recorded on 2 December 1990, produced by Stewart Conn and with music by the Taverner Consort conducted by Andrew Parrott
. It won a Giles Cooper Award.
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
by the Scottish composer and writer John Purser
John Purser
John Purser, born in 1942 in Glasgow, Scotland, is an eminent composer, musicologist, and music historian. He is also a playwright.He initiated the reconstruction which commenced in 1991 of the Iron Age Deskford Carnyx, producing a replica which was first played in 1993 by trombonist John Kenny.The...
about the 16th century Scottish composer Robert Carver
Robert Carver (composer)
Robert Carver was a Scottish Renaissance monk and composer of Christian sacred music.He spent much of his life at Scone Abbey in Perthshire and is regarded as Scotland's greatest sixteenth-century composer. He is best known for his sacred choral music, of which there are five surviving masses and...
. It premiered on BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation...
on 31 March 1991, in a production recorded on 2 December 1990, produced by Stewart Conn and with music by the Taverner Consort conducted by Andrew Parrott
Andrew Parrott
Andrew Parrott is a British conductor, perhaps best known for his pioneering historically informed performances of pre-classical music. He conducts a wide range of repertoire, including contemporary music. He conducted the premiere of Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera...
. It won a Giles Cooper Award.
Premiere cast
- Peter Hickey
- Tom Fleming
- James BryceJames BryceJames Bryce may refer to:*James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce , British jurist, historian and politician*James W. Bryce , American inventor and pioneer in magnetic data recording...
- Anne KristenAnne KristenAnne Kristen was a Scottish actress.To friends and family, Anne was also known as Anna or/and Annie.Kristen was married to the actor Iain Cuthbertson from January 1964, until their divorce in 1988....
- Gary BakewellGary BakewellGary Bakewell is a British television actor who is best known for his roles as Paul McCartney in the film Backbeat and the lead character Richard Mayhew, in Neil Gaiman's BBC television series Neverwhere....
- Iain Agnew
- Hilary Maclean
- Benny YoungBenny YoungRobert "Benny" Young is a Scottish film, television and stage actor.He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Young trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow....
- Anne LaceyAnne LaceyAnne Lacey is a Scottish actress who has appeared in television series, made-for-television movies, and film shorts since 1986. Her longest appearance run to date has been in 20 episodes of the TV series Hamish Macbeth from 1995-1997 as schoolteacher Esme Murray.She trained in Scotland, France and...
- Kenneth Glenaan
- Stuart BowmanStuart Bowman (actor)Stuart Bowman is a Scottish actor notable for his appearances in the film The Wisdom of Crocodiles, the sit-com Gary: Tank Commander and the radio play Carver.-External links:* for Stuart Bowman....
- Stevie Hannan