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Ian Kellam

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He composed a series of nine choral orchestral cantatas (the last in 2001), many smaller choral works for the church, and settings of the morning and evening canticles. Eighteen of his hymn tunes were collected in the volume
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with a book by Michael Ashton and music by Kellam, was produced in 1968 at the
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Recorded by the St Paul’s Cathedral Choir on Hyperion CDA67398 (2003)
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Peter Maxwell Davies. Naxos Quartet No. 2 (2003), Wise Music
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Photographs in the archive of Ian Kellam: Bodleian Library
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List of theatrical productions with music by Ian Kellam
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BBC Singers, first broadcast performance, 8 July, 1980
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The Southwark Service: Magnificat and Nucnc dimittis
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Index

Sheffield
Sheffield Cathedral
Reginald Tustin Baker
Herbert Sumsion
Gloucester Cathedral
Howard Ferguson
Royal Academy of Music
London College of Music
Roger Marsh
Royal Shakespeare Company
Chichester Festival
Joan Littlewood
the book
Daisy Ashford
Piccadilly Theatre
Benjamin Britten
A Ceremony of Carols
Moreton-in-Marsh
Peter Maxwell Davies
Children's Hour
Daphne Charlton
Stanley Spencer
Bodleian Library
Charles Causley
Biography, ECS Publishing
Sing Praise to God: The Hymn Tunes of Ian Kellam


Archive of Ian Kellam, Bodleian Library
List of theatrical productions with music by Ian Kellam

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