Beyond Composing
Donald Macleod talks to Debbie Wiseman about her life outside of the composer's studio.
Donald Macleod talks to Debbie Wiseman about her life outside of the composer's studio.
Debbie Wiseman has over two hundred credits for her music, ranging from television and film, to the concert hall and music for royal pageantry. Not only is she a multi-award winning composer, but also a pianist and conductor, often performing in and recording her own works. Wiseman also works as a Visiting Professor at a number of academic institutions including the Royal College of Music. As a composer for the concert hall, Wiseman has collaborated with Hayley Westenra, Stephen Fry, Nigel Havers, Vanessa Redgrave and Alan Titchmarsh. She has provided music for two royal anniversaries. Donald Macleod visits Debbie Wiseman at her home in London to discuss her long and varied career.
Today, Donald asks Debbie about her ventures into conducting, performing, and presenting.
Flood
Hayley Westenra, voice
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Debbie Wiseman, conductor
Middletown (excerpts)
Studio Orchestra
Debbie Wiseman, conductor
The Upper Hand (Joe & Diana)
Debbie Wiseman, piano
Joanna Lumley鈥檚 Nile (Journey of a Lifetime)
Debbie Wiseman, piano
Father Brown
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Debbie Wiseman, conductor
Land Girls (While We鈥檙e Away)
The Geoff Pearce Little Big Band
Debbie Wiseman, conductor
The Selfish Giant
Vanessa Redgrave, narrator
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Produced by Luke Whitlock for 大象传媒 Wales
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Debbie Wiseman
Flood
Performer: Hayley Westenra. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.- Silva Screen SILCD1247.
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Debbie Wiseman
Middletown: The Heart of My Family
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.- Silva Screen SILCD1215.
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Debbie Wiseman
Middletown
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.- Silva Screen SILCD1215.
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Debbie Wiseman
The Upper Hand: Joe & Diana
Performer: Debbie Wiseman.- Warner 2564671888.
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Debbie Wiseman
Joanna Lumley's Nile: Journey of a Lifetime
Orchestra: Guildhall Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.- Warner 2564671888.
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Debbie Wiseman
Father Brown
Orchestra: Guildhall Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.- Silva Screen SILKED6057.
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Debbie Wiseman
Land Girls: While We're Away
Ensemble: The Soldiers. Ensemble: The Geoff Pearce Little Big Band. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.- Rhino 5052498444021.
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Debbie Wiseman
The Selfish Giant
Narrator: Vanessa Redgrave. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Teldec 8573815062.
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- Fri 8 Mar 2019 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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