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'''Peter Hope''' (born 2 November 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterhopemusic.co.uk/biography|title=Official website|publisher=Peterhopemusic.co.uk|accessdate=27 September 2014}}</ref> is a British [[composer]] and [[arranger]]. He is particularly noted for his [[light music]] compositions, such as the ''[[Ring of Kerry]] Suite'', which won an [[Ivor Novello award]], and for his arrangements, such as "Mexican Hat Dance". He has also written a ''[[Recorder (musical instrument)|Recorder]] Concerto'' and arranged music for the 2003 [[Letizia, Princess of Asturias#Engagement and second marriage with the prince|Spanish royal wedding]], as well as [[Jessye Norman]] and [[José Carreras]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/bklp/pip/la53q/|title=Brian Kay's Light Programme|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=27 September 2014}}</ref> He is [[Pseudonym|sometimes credited as]] '''William Gardner'''.
==Career==
Born in [[Edgeley]], Stockport, Hope spent a lot of time at the cinema during his childhood, absorbing the musical scores, and began learning piano at the age of thirteen. One of his teachers was Dora Gilson, on the staff of the [[Royal Manchester College of Music]]. He began composing while still at school. From 1949 he studied music at [[University of Manchester|Manchester University]] under [[Humphrey Procter-Gregg]] (1895-1980) and Maurice Aitchison. His time there overlapped with [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Peter Maxwell-Davies]] and [[Elgar Howarth]], who joined in 1952.<ref name=mansounds>Turner, John. 'Peter Hope, Biography', in ''Manchester Sounds'' (2006)</ref>
With help from mentor [[Ernest Tomlinson]], who Hope met while at Manchester, he gained employment at [[Mills Music]] in London as a copyist and arranger, where he stayed until 1954. He began providing regular arrangements for the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]], using a lot of his own invention around the basic thematic material. This led to the commissioning of his first original work to gain attention: the three movement ''Momentum Suite'' for string orchestra (1959).<ref>[https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.555070 ''English String Miniatures, Vol.4''], Naxos 8.555070 (2002)</ref> Others followed, including the ''Ring of Kerry Suite'', in 1961, ''Four French Dances'' (1968) and the orchestral showpiece ''Kaleidoscope'' (1970).<ref name=bob>[http://www.musicweb-international.com/sandh/2010/Jul-Dec10/Peter_Hope_Interview.htm 'Peter Hope's 80th Birthday'], interview with Bob Briggs for ''Seen and Heard'' (2010)</ref>
The 1950s and 1960s were the heyday of British light music, and Hope's music received regular broadcasts until the early 1970s when the musical climate in the UK changed dramatically.<ref>''Through The Crystal: Peter Hope, A 90th Birthday Celebration'', Edition UK CD (2020)</ref> Hope gradually rebuilt his career as an arranger for Dutch television and German radio, and in 1979 gained huge commercial success and a lasting commercial career through his arrangements for ''An Album of Tosti Songs'' with [[José Carreras|Jose Carreras]] and its many follow-ups.<ref name=mansounds/> He also had major success in Spain working as an arranger with [[Nacho Cano]], starting with the album ''Un mundo separado por el mismo Dios'' (1994).<ref name=bob/> This led to commissions to arrange the wedding music for [[Wedding of Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz|Prince Felipe of Spain]] in 2004 and the Spanish Olympic bid in 2012.
Hope became co-chairman (with [[Anthony Hedges]]) of the [[Composers' Guild of Great Britain|Composers Guild of Great Britain]] in 1971 and retained his interest in original composition. From 2000 new works began to appear again, including the Bassoon Concertino (2000), two large scale cantatas - ''Along the Shore'' (2005) and ''The Song of Solomon'' - and a series of sonatas for wind instruments.<ref>''Wind Blown'', Divine Art CD DDA25137 (2016), reviewed at ''MusicWeb International''</ref>
==Works==
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* Bramall Hall Dances for recorder and guitar (2003) (alternative versions for recorder and piano, and recorder cello and harpsichord)
* ''Four Sketches'', for oboe bassoon and piano (2003) (Emerson)
* Overture to
* Sonata for Oboe and Piano (2009)
* Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (2014)
* Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (2015)
* Sonata for Recorder and Piano
===Vocal music===
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===Incidental music===
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* Gala Concert Hall – signature tune for BBC radio programme of the same name
* Newsroom 1 for the BBC 1 television news (1969 to the early eighties)
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*[http://www.peterhopemusic.co.uk/ Official website]
*[http://www.musicweb-international.com/SandH/2010/Jul-Dec10/Peter_Hope_Interview.htm Peter Hope’s 80th Birthday: an interview with Bob Briggs (BB)]
*[http://www.lightmusicsociety.com/composers/?composerDetail=13 Biography] by Light Music Society
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQZUlMY8Pig Clarinet Sonata, live performance] by Jenny Maclay, clarinet, Andrea Pedro, piano, 1 March 2020
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