About Richard Ayres
Richard Ayres was born in Cornwall in 1965 and studied composition and trombone at Huddersfield Polytechnic. Since September 1989 he has lived and worked in the Netherlands. He followed the postgraduate composition course at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, studying with Louis Andriessen, graduating in 1992. In 1994 he was awarded the International Gaudeamus prize for composition. In 1999 his piece No.31 (for trumpet and ensemble) received a "recommendation" at the Unesco Rostrum of Composers in Paris.
Top Tracks
In the Alps
No. 34 Wallis - Apartment House
No. 36 "NONcerto for Horn" Pt. 1 "Valentine Tregashian Dreams": I. Valentine Tregashian dreams … of the Swiss Girl
No. 37b: I. Alfred Wallis (in paradise) observes Saint Joseph (the carpenter) at work and at leisure
No. 31 "NONcerto for Trumpet": I. Burlesque (with long scale)
No. 36 "NONcerto for Horn" Pt. 2 "Valentine Tregashian Dreams": II. Valentine Tregashian dreams … of Jan Snaegl and the Pearly Gates
No. 37b: II. Sjonnie Kurzak (a broken soul) ascends
No. 31 "NONcerto for Trumpet": II. Elegy for Alfred Schnittke
No. 36 "NONcerto for Horn" Pt. 3 "Anna Filipiova Goes on a Journey": III. Anna Filipiova goes on a journey: Anna Filipiova has disappeared
No. 37b: IV. Exit
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