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Brideshead Theme
Julia’s Theme
Finale
Back in 1981 the BBC televised an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel “Brideshead Revisited”. Geoffrey Burgon wrote the music for the TV series, and part of the music was arranged for organ solo by Eric Wetherell.
Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010) was a British composer best known for his television and film scores. He also achieved success and a serious following with vocal, orchestral, concert and stage works.
Eric Wetherell. (b.1925) Eric Wetherell has lived and worked in Bristol for nearly 30 years and is well- known to local music-lovers and professional musicians alike.
Eric was Musical Director for HTV, Chief Conductor of the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra, and Senior Music Producer at BBC Bristol.
He has worked with both the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and with the Welsh National Opera.
Now concentrating mainly on composing, Eric has written orchestral suites, jazz, wind band and brass band works, choral pieces, children's songs and music for TV and films.
He has also re-scored three operas for Midland Opera, based in Birmingham. His own first full-length opera, based on the Ben Macintyre book 'A Foreign Field' was premiered at the Redgrave Theatre, Bristol in September 2010.
This was played as part of my recital at St. Michael the Archangel, Retford in October 2014