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It is 10 years today that Geoffrey Burgon left for the heavenly realms. Always in our hearts and minds. Thank you for your music and your presence.

We would like to give tribute to this very kind, thoughtful, intelligent, talented and daring man. A good friend to the Burgon family and to all who knew him. He will be missed by all of us. We send our … Continue reading →

Choir highlights English composer Bob Chilcott BY KATHALEEN ROBERTS / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Sunday, October 27th, 2019 at 12:02am Maxine Thévenot conducts at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Contemporary English composer Bob Chilcott’s Requiem Mass will echo … Continue reading →

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [Blu-ray] [2019] BBC https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07VWR4KF4/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_rlDGDbSQAEY05 via @AmazonUK Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: 40 years on, the labyrinthine thriller is still TV caviar The BBC adaptation of John Le Carré’s novel mystified a nation – but also featured one … Continue reading →

In celebration of Geoffrey Burgon’s 78th birthday last week we are presenting the Nunc Dimittus which he wrote for John Irvin’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Television series for the BBC in 1979 making this year it’s 40th anniversary. This work … Continue reading →

Geoffrey Burgon’s 1979 score to Testament of Youth continues to be captivating and memorable, Starring Cheryl Campbell and Emrys James. The new remake with the remarkable Alicia Vikander is also spellbinding and of course needs to be watched.

Thinking of Geoffrey today on his 77th Birthday. Photo taken on route to America for the Shirtless Stephen And The Children’s Crusade Premiere in New York, 2003. A Child’s View of Colour World Premiere Transient Glory 92nd Street, New York, … Continue reading →

It is a great honour that the Head of brass David Blackadder, who has also been invited to play at the Royal Wedding, and 14-year-old pupil Ischia Gooda performed Geoffrey Burgon’s Nunc Dimittis at the school’s chapel. We all wish … Continue reading →

Geoffrey won a Bafta for his score on Longitude. Longitude was a 2000 TV drama produced by Granada Television and the A&E Network for Channel 4, first broadcast between 2 and 3 January 2000 in the UK on Channel 4 … Continue reading →