Peter Wishart (composer)
Peter Charles Arthur Wishart (25 June 1921 – 14 August 1984) was an English composer. Wishart was born in Crowborough. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris from 1947–1948 and taught at the Guildhall School of Music, Birmingham University, King's College London and Reading University where he was Professor of Music from 1977. His compositions include several neo-classical operas, orchestral and chamber pieces, and a large amount of church music. Critics have commented on Wishart's strong and individual lyricism, and his admiration for the music of Igor Stravinsky. He was married to the mezzo-soprano  singer Maureen Lehane, with whom he worked with at Reading University and lived within Bridge House, near Frome, Somerset. His son by a previous marriage James Wishart is also a composer. After his death, Maureen began a music festival in his memory, the Great Elm Music Festival, and later the Jackdaws Music Education Trust. She died on 27 December 2010. The family is unrelated to that of the composer Trevor Wishart. Music. His music is published by various publishing houses, including Banks Music Ltd., Stainer & Bell, Hinrichsen, OUP and Jackdaws Publications. He is best known as a vocal composer, writing  songs and operas. However, he also wrote a considerable number of chamber and orchestral works, including the four movement Symphony No 1 in 1952, scored for double woodwind, horns and strings. It was premiered in a BBC broadcast on 16 November 1953. His 1947 "Serenata Concertante" for clarinet and small orchestra has recently been recorded. Mark Tanner has recorded the complete piano works, and there are also recordings of the Clarinet Trio and "Aubade". Songs. Published by Banks Music Publications Published by Hinrichsen