Iris Loveridge

April 10, 1917 (age 83)

West Ham, London

She specialised in British contemporary music, including piano sonatas by Arnold Bax, Gordon Jacob (of which she was the dedicatee), East.J. Moeran and Edmund Rubbra. In 1947 she also gave the United Kingdom premiere of William Schuman"s Piano Concerto with the British Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Orchestra under Basil Cameron. She also performed in duet with the oboist Evelyn Rothwell (Lady Barbirolli). In addition, she made appearances at the Henry Wood Proms. She retired professionally in 1995. Her recordings of Bax"s piano works (not quite a complete survey of his piano output, though most of his pieces for the instrument are represented) were recently re-issued on Civil Defense by Lyrita Records. Henry died in 1995. Iris Loveridge died in Gloucester.

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Born in West Ham, London, she attended the Royal College of Music, and later the Royal Academy.

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She specialised in British contemporary music, including piano sonatas by Arnold Bax, Gordon Jacob (of which she was the dedicatee), East.J. Moeran and Edmund Rubbra. In 1947 she also gave the United Kingdom premiere of William Schuman"s Piano Concerto with the British Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Orchestra under Basil Cameron. She also performed in duet with the oboist Evelyn Rothwell (Lady Barbirolli).

In addition, she made appearances at the Henry Wood Proms.

She retired professionally in 1995. Her recordings of Bax"s piano works (not quite a complete survey of his piano output, though most of his pieces for the instrument are represented) were recently re-issued on Civil Defense by Lyrita Records.

Henry died in 1995. Iris Loveridge died in Gloucester.

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