Robert Peate
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    • All Chamber Ensemble Choral Large Ensemble Solo
      Solo

      Sylva Suite

      August 1, 2019

      Choral

      Book of Rounds

      May 26, 2019

      Choral

      …Luciferum…

      April 24, 2019

      Chamber Ensemble

      Stone Study no.2 – Cave and Cliff

      March 20, 2018

      Chamber Ensemble

      Stone Study no.2 – Cave and Cliff

      March 20, 2018

      Chamber Ensemble

      Shadow Play

      January 26, 2018

      Chamber Ensemble

      Five Winter Tableaux

      January 26, 2018

      Chamber Ensemble

      Three Idylls

      January 26, 2018

      Choral

      Book of Rounds

      May 26, 2019

      Choral

      …Luciferum…

      April 24, 2019

      Choral

      Garden Days

      January 27, 2018

      Choral

      Snail Litany

      January 27, 2018

      Large Ensemble

      Viderunt Omnes

      January 26, 2018

      Large Ensemble

      Lullay

      January 26, 2018

      Large Ensemble

      Sinfonia Concertante

      January 26, 2018

      Large Ensemble

      Juno in August

      January 26, 2018

      Solo

      Sylva Suite

      August 1, 2019

      Solo

      Under the Rowan Tree

      March 19, 2018

      Solo

      Pearl III

      January 27, 2018

      Solo

      Suite for Harp

      January 27, 2018

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Robert Peate

COMPOSER

  • About
  • Works
    • All Chamber Ensemble Choral Large Ensemble Solo
      Solo

      Sylva Suite

      August 1, 2019

      Choral

      Book of Rounds

      May 26, 2019

      Choral

      …Luciferum…

      April 24, 2019

      Chamber Ensemble

      Stone Study no.2 – Cave and Cliff

      March 20, 2018

      Chamber Ensemble

      Stone Study no.2 – Cave and Cliff

      March 20, 2018

      Chamber Ensemble

      Shadow Play

      January 26, 2018

      Chamber Ensemble

      Five Winter Tableaux

      January 26, 2018

      Chamber Ensemble

      Three Idylls

      January 26, 2018

      Choral

      Book of Rounds

      May 26, 2019

      Choral

      …Luciferum…

      April 24, 2019

      Choral

      Garden Days

      January 27, 2018

      Choral

      Snail Litany

      January 27, 2018

      Large Ensemble

      Viderunt Omnes

      January 26, 2018

      Large Ensemble

      Lullay

      January 26, 2018

      Large Ensemble

      Sinfonia Concertante

      January 26, 2018

      Large Ensemble

      Juno in August

      January 26, 2018

      Solo

      Sylva Suite

      August 1, 2019

      Solo

      Under the Rowan Tree

      March 19, 2018

      Solo

      Pearl III

      January 27, 2018

      Solo

      Suite for Harp

      January 27, 2018

  • Audio
  • Teaching
  • News
  • Press
  • Contact

ABOUT

Beginning composition lessons at Birmingham Conservatoire in 2006, Robert studied with Richard Causton and Edwin Roxburgh, graduating in 2010 with first class honours. He was offered an entrance scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music plus grants from the RVW Trust and the AHRC to begin his MMus under Simon Bainbridge, on which he was awarded the 2011 Eric Coates Prize and The G V Turner-Cooke Composition Award. Graduating in 2012 with distinction, Robert was given an additional DipRAM along with The Charles Lucas Memorial Prize for best composition and the Edwin Samuel Dove Prize for special merit during studentship. Other awards from this time include the 2012 Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize, the 2012 Alan Horne prize, and more recently the 2016 Priaulx Rainier Prize. Over his time at the RAM Robert has also received much valuable tuition from Christopher Austin, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Oliver Knussen and others. He is currently a PhD student at the RAM supervised by Simon Bainbridge, where he continues his research into ‘monochromatic instrumentation’ amongst other things. His music takes on a wide range of influences, stemming from a diverse musical upbringing, where prevalent features often include a directness of character, textural depth, and a sense of thematic unity and direction.

Robert has enjoyed performances of his work at venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Snape Maltings, Duke’s Hall, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial War Museum (London), Adrian Boult Hall and Thalia Hall, and has worked with various professional, student and amateur ensembles including the LPO, BCMG, The Academy Manson Ensemble, Chroma , Fretwork, Orchestra of the Swan, The Britten-Pears Composers Ensemble, The Solaris and Castalian String Quartets, as well as with renowned performers such as Christopher Redgate, Rolf Hind, Elgar Howarth, Clare Hammond, Vesselin Gellev, Tim Horton, Gemma Rosefield and Frank Ollu. Robert is also a ‘Britten-Pears young artist’, and his work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Recent work includes a Violin Concerto for Vesselin Gellev and the LPO (2015-16 LPO Young Composers Scheme), a new Sylva Suite for harpist Alexandra Guiraud, …Luciferum… for Cantabile Girls’ Choir, Two Souls in One – a musical commentary on the lives of Hypatia and Saint Katherine of Alexandria for Hereford Chamber Choir and the RAM Harp Ensemble, as well as organising a performance of his large-scale Symphony for Horns.

 

Besides composition/research, Robert also teaches piano and composition on a freelance basis, has been involved with composition workshops in schools, and lives in Herefordshire. (June 2019)

 

Scores/Parts are available from composersedition.com

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Looking forward to the premiere of my Sylva Suite Looking forward to the premiere of my Sylva Suite tonight in Hay-on-Wye. Written for harpist Alexandra Guiraud, the suite features musical portraits of 5 trees: Yew, Birch, Cherry, 'Spectred Oaks' and Mountain Ash. Here are two excerpts from 'Spectred Oaks' and Mountain Ash 🌲 🎶 - hope they leaf you pining for more! 😂🤦‍♂️
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Book of Rounds

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…Luciferum…

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