Bayan Northcott
Bayan Peter Northcott is an English composer and music critic.
Born in Harrow on the Hill, Northcott read English at Oxford University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oxford in 1962. He then taught English from 1964 to 1970. Northcott developed an interest in composition. He was encouraged by Alexander Goehr and Hans Keller. Subsequently he read music at the University of Southampton, where his instructors included Goehr and Jonathan Harvey. Northcott earned a BMus degree from Southampton in 1971. Northcott has mentored other composers such as Robin Holloway and Julian Anderson.
Northcott has served as a music critic for the New Statesman, for the Sunday Telegraph from 1976 to 1986, and he was chief music critic of The Independent from 1986 to 2009. He has also written on music for Tempo and BBC Music Magazine. He was a director of the independent recording company NMC. A selection of his writings was published in the volume The Way We Listen Now in 2009.- Sonata for Solo Oboe, Op. 1
- Six Japanese Lyrics, Op. 2, for Sop, cl, vn
- Fantasia for Guitar, Op. 3
- Hymn to Cybele, Op. 4, for Mezz, Ten, Bar, chor, 2 perc, db
- Sextet, Op. 5, for fl/picc, cl/b cl, pno, perc, vn, vc
- Carillon, for 14 players
- Three English Lyrics, Op. 6, for Sop, cl, va, db
- Of All the Instruments, for fl, ob, cl, glock, vn, vc, db
- Concerto for Horn and Ensemble, for 11 players, Op. 8
- Memento, for Sop, fl
- Four Votive Antiphons Op. 7, for Alt, 3 Ten, Bar, or chor
- "Salve Regina", Op. 7, No. 1
- "Alma Redemptoris Mater", Op. 7, No. 2
- "Ave Regina Celorum" / "Alleluia", Op. 7, No. 3
- "Regina Celi", Op. 7, No. 4
- Fandango, Op. 9, for Harpsichord
- Canticle: The Doubting of Thomas, for Mezz, Ten, Bar, chor, org
- Poet and Star, for Sop, Ten, pno
- Doubles All Round, for fl/picc, cl/b cl, hn, pno, vn, vc
- Elegy for Solo Viola
- Concerto for Orchestra
- Sonata for Flute and Clarinet
