Robert John Farnon

Sat 26 May: The Hambleden Concerts 2012 - Music from around the World The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Hambleden Hambleden, RG9 6RT

Tue 29 May: Composers Voice Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74th Street, New York

Sat 2 Jun: Music for a Royal Occasion Middleton Parish Church, New Lane, Middleton Manchester M24

Fri 8 Jun: Vienna Here and Now St Lawrence Hall, 157 King E, Toronto

Fri 8 Jun: Shakuhachi Concert Raixa, Bunyola, Spain

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(1870) Léo Delibes: Premiere of Coppélia, in Paris, France.

(1919) George Enescu: Premiere of Symphony no. 3, in Bucarest, Romania.

(1930) George Antheil: Premiere of Transatlantic, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

(1938) William Schuman: Premiere of Symphony no. 2, in New York, USA.

(1961) Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco: Premiere of Il Mercante di Venezia, in Milan, Italy.

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Music

He is mainly known for his light music.

Jumping Bean
Portrait of a Flirt
A Star is Born
A la claire fontaine
Canadian impressions
Westminster Waltz
Symphony no. 1
Symphony no. 2

Robert Farnon also wrote the music for more than forty motion pictures, including Maytime in Mayfair (1949) and Captain Horatio Hornblower RN (1951), as well as for a number of television series and miniseries, including The Prisoner and A Man Called Intrepid.

Life

Born in Canada, Robert Farnon decided to stay in Europe after World War II, when he was there as Canadian Army captain and the conductor/arranger of the Canadian Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force.

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