Robert Hugill (born 1955) is a British composer, journalist, lecturer and blogger. He runs classical music blog "Planet Hugill".

Opera

''The Genesis of Frankenstein'' (setting a libretto by the composer based on Mary Shelley's

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ex ...

) was premiered by the Helios Collective at the CLF Art Cafe, Peckham on 28 October 2015, directed by

Ella Marchment Ella Marchment (born 30 May 1992) is a British opera director, artistic director, and an associate professor. She is a co-founder of the campaign charity SWAP'ra, Supporting Women and Parents in Opera, and the artistic director of Opera Festiva ...

, choreography by Sarah-Louise Kristiansen, musical director Noah Mosley. ''When a Man Knows'' (setting a libretto by the composer based o
Alan Richardson
s play of the same name) was premiered at the

Bridewell Theatre Bridewell Theatre is a small theatre based in Blackfriars in London. It is operated as part of the St Bride Foundation Institute, named after nearby St Bride's Church on Fleet Street Fleet Street is a major street mostly in the City of Lon ...

, London on 31 March 2011 The production was directed by Ian Caddy and musical director was David Roblou, Dario Dugandzic was the Man and Zoe South the woman.

Other compositions

''Three pieces from the Book of Common Prayer'' for viola and piano was premiered by Rosalind Ventris (viola) and James Willshire (piano) at Cheltenham Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts in

Dean Close School Dean Close School is a public school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The school is divided into pre-prep, preparatory and senior schools located on separate but adjacent sites outside Cheltenham town centre, occupying the largest private ...

, Cheltenham on 11 Feb 2018. The motet ''Dominus Illuminatio mea'' was premiered on 8 December 2016 at Priory Church of the Order of St John, St John's Square, Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1V 4JJ, by London Concord Singers, conducto
Jessica Norton
as part of the choir's 50th-anniversary concert. The cycle of 70 motets for the church's year, ''Tempus per Annum'', is available for free download fro
www.cpdl.org
The pair of cantatas ''Out of the Shadows'' and ''Et expecto resurrectionem'' were premiered on 3 February 2023 at Hyde Street Methodist Church in London
Chapelle du roi
conductor Alistair Dixon, premiered the motet ''Videte Miraculum'' at

St John's Smith Square St John's Smith Square is a redundant church in the centre of Smith Square, Westminster, London. Sold to a charitable trust as a ruin following firebombing in the Second World War, it was restored as a concert hall. This Grade I listed churc ...

on 19 December 2009.

Recordings

The disc ''Quickening: Songs by Robert Hugill to English and Welsh poets'', released in September 2017 on the Navona Records label features Robert Hugill's settings of poems by Rowan Williams, Ivor Gurney,

A. E. Housman Alfred Edward Housman (; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) was an English classical scholar and poet. After an initially poor performance while at university, he took employment as a clerk in London and established his academic reputation by pub ...

and Christina Rossetti performed by Anna Huntley (mezzo-soprano), Johnny Herford (baritone), Rosalind Ventris (viola) and Will Vann (piano). In reviewing the disc fo
Music-Web International
Rob Barnet referred to Hugill's 'candid gift for gracious melody' Robert Hugill's songs also feature on the disc ''Sappho, Shropshire and Supertramp'', released in January 2018 on the Divine Art label. The disc features songs by English composers associated with the English Poetry and Song Society performed by Sarah Leonard (singer) (mezzo-soprano), Johnny Herford (baritone) and Nigel Foster (piano). Robert Hugill's songs on the disc include settings of

Hart Crane Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American poet. Provoked and inspired by T. S. Eliot, Crane wrote modernist poetry that was difficult, highly stylized, and ambitious in its scope. In his most ambitious work, '' The Brid ...

and

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

. Robert Hugill's motet, ''Populos Sion'' features o
Harmonia Sacra
and conducto
Peter Leech
s disc ''Lux Memoriaque'' on the Nimbus Alliance label.

References

External links

Personal WebsitePlanet Hugill classical music blog
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