Orlando Gough
b. 1953
English
Orlando Gough is one of the UK’s most important composers for ballet, contemporary dance and theatrical projects * Collaborators have included Siobhan Davies, Alain Platel, Shobana Jeyasingh and Ashley Page of The Royal Ballet * Time Out Classical Artist of the Year 2001 * Co-composer with Richard Chew of music for The Shout, a multi-stylistic professional choir
Works by Orlando Gough include:
Tall Stories (2001) a staged song-cycle for choir about immigration to New York in the early 20th century, co-composed with Richard Chew
Saeta written for choreographer Ashley Page of The Royal Ballet, London
Late written for choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh
"The Shout is a blueprint for 21st-century choral singing" — The Times
