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| He has written music for ], ], brass and choir. His many chamber works are performed regularly - in particular, his String Quartet Op. 32 and Piano Quintet Op. 27. His compositions have been played on ] and ]. Gramophone Magazine recorded in a 2000 review that "...at his best, as in the cycle, Invite, to Eternity, Venables impresses as a songwriter in the line of, say Gerald Finzi..." | He has written music for ], ], brass and choir. His many chamber works are performed regularly - in particular, his String Quartet Op. 32 and Piano Quintet Op. 27. His compositions have been played on ] and ]. Gramophone Magazine recorded in a 2000 review that "...at his best, as in the cycle, Invite, to Eternity, Venables impresses as a songwriter in the line of, say Gerald Finzi..." | ||
| Ian Venables is '''chairman''' of the '''Ivor Gurney''' society and is currently working to acheive the publication of some previously un-published works from Gurney. | |||
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Ian Venables is an English composer of songs and chamber music.
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Ian Venables began formal composition lessons with at Trinity College of Music and at the Birmingham Conservatoire. After moving from Dorset in 1986 he has settled in Worcester. Currently he works at RGS Worcester as a teacher of economics.
He has written music for piano, organ, brass and choir. His many chamber works are performed regularly - in particular, his String Quartet Op. 32 and Piano Quintet Op. 27. His compositions have been played on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. Gramophone Magazine recorded in a 2000 review that "...at his best, as in the cycle, Invite, to Eternity, Venables impresses as a songwriter in the line of, say Gerald Finzi..."
Ian Venables is chairman of the Ivor Gurney society and is currently working to acheive the publication of some previously un-published works from Gurney.