Andrew Poppy
Andrew Poppy (born 29 May 1954, Kent) is an English composer, pianist, and record producer.
Biography
From 1974 to 1979 he studied music at Royal Holloway College and Goldsmiths College University of London, studying piano with Susan Bradshaw and earning a BMus degree in piano performance.
One of the least internationally known of British minimalist composers, Poppy was a founding member (in 1981) of The Lost Jockey, a large ensemble dedicated to the performance of new works by British composers composed in the style of such composers as Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and Louis Andriessen.
His first solo album The Beating of Wings was released on ZTT records in 1985, and the follow-up Alphabed (A Mystery Dance) in 1987. His third album for ZTT (Under the Son) was scheduled for release in 1988, but he left the label that year and most of its material appeared only in 2005 as part of a 3-CD collection of Poppy's ZTT works entitled Andrew Poppy on Zang Tuum Tumb. The collection comprised three tracks from Under the Son as well as the first two ZTT albums, some of whose tracks appeared in versions slightly different from their initial album appearances, as well as in 12" remixes.
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Shiny Floor Shiny Ceiling released: 2012
- Infernal Furniture released: 2012
- ... And the Shuffle of Things released: 2008
- On Zang Tuum Tumb released: 2005
- Alphabed: A Mystery Dance released: 2005
- Another Language released: 2004
- Under the Son released: 2004
- Running Naked Through the Garment District released: 2003
- Blood Sugar released: 2003
- Time At Rest Devouring Its Secret released: 2000
- Rude Bloom released: 1995
- Ophelia / Ophelia released: 1995
- Recordings released: 1992
- The Beating of Wings released: 1985
Shiny Floor Shiny Ceiling
Released 2012- Andrew Poppy Is the Wave in "Twelve Thoughts on the Language of Others"
- Claudia Brücken as the Angel of Only Sings "Dark Spell"
- James Gilchrist as the Man of Red Dust Sings "Shiny Floor Shiny Ceiling"
- Margaret Cameron as Persephone: Myth and Marionette Sings "Persephone Calls"
- Guillermo Rozenthuler as Stepanov the Notator of Dances Sings and a Marionette Calls "Dance With Me"
- The Wave Asks 'When Is Persephone's Scream a Dream?' And Persephone Answers in "Persephone Scream Dream"
- Lula Pena as the Seamstress of the Corridor, "Unravelling"
- James Gilchrist Is the Man of Red Dust on a Mountain: "Singing Into the Air (Aufgesetzt Auf Dem Bergen Des Herzens)", Simon Vincenzi Hovers as the Ghost of Rilke
- Andrew Poppy Is the Wave in "If I Could Copy You" Asuza Ono, the Dancer and Recand Echoes Dances in the Mirror...
- Bernardo Devlin as Henry Fortune, the Lucky Horse Sings "Knacker's Yard Blues"
- Andrew Poppy Is the Wave in "Do the Flip"
Rude Bloom
Released 1995- Eight Movements for Piano Trio: Marcato And Lyric
- Eight Movements for Piano Trio: As Smoothly As Possible
- Eight Movements for Piano Trio: With Mute, Without Vibrato
- Eight Movements for Piano Trio: Pizzicato And Connected
- Eight Movements for Piano Trio: Attack Attached
- Eight Movements for Piano Trio: Evenly Fading Away
- Eight Movements for Piano Trio: Vigorously Suspended
- Eight Movements for Piano Trio: Sustained, Separated And Together
- Melody Versus the Brittle Funk: Trumpet Melody
- Melody Versus the Brittle Funk: Soft Preview
- Melody Versus the Brittle Funk: The Brittle Funk
Ophelia / Ophelia
Released 1995- Do You Doubt
- Tis in My Memory Locked
- First Interlude
- I Have Been So Affrighted
- Second Interlude
- How Does Your Honour
- Third Interlude
- I Think Nothing
- Fourth Interlude
- Where Is the Beauteous
- Fifth Interlude
- Let's Have No Words of This
- Sixth Interlude
- I Hope All Will Be Well
- Seventh Interlude
- It Is the False Steward
- Eighth Interlude
- Will Not Come Again
Recordings
Released 1992- Poems and Toccatas - No 11
- Poems and Toccatas - No 4
- Poems and Toccatas - No 7
- Poems and Toccatas - No 2
- Poems and Toccatas - No 8
- Poems and Toccatas - No 3
- Poems and Toccatas - No 1
- Poems and Toccatas - No 9
- Poems and Toccatas - No 13
- Poems and Toccatas - No 6
- Poems and Toccatas - No 10
- Poems and Toccatas - No 5
- Poems and Toccatas - No 12
- Poems and Toccatas - No 14
- Ember: String Quartet - First
- Ember: String Quartet - Second
- Ember: String Quartet - Third
- Movie Momento
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