FRICKER, Peter Racine
b London, 5 September 1920
d Santa Barbara, CA, 1 February 1990, aged seventy
He was educated at St Paul's School and intended to join the Navy, but was rejected because of poor eyesight. He went to the Royal College of Music in 1937. In 1941 he joined the Royal Air Force as a radio operator. When he was demobilised in 1945 he went to Morley College, where the director, Tippett, suggested he studied with Seiber. In 1952 he became director of Morley College, and from 1955 taught composition at the Royal College. From 1964 to 1965 he was visiting professor of music at the University of California; he became a full-time professor there, and in 1970 was made chairman of the music department.
1941-4 (21-4)
Three Preludes for piano
1946 (26)
Four Fughettas for two pianos
1947 (27)
Sonata for organ
Two Madrigals
Wind Quintet
Three Sonnets of Cecco Angiolieri, for tenor and seven instruments
String Quartet in one movement
1948 (28)
Symphony No 1 (1948-9)
Rondo Scherzoso, for orchestra
1949 (29)
Prelude, Elegy and Finale, for string orchestra
Concerto for violin and small orchestra, No 1 (1949-50)
1950 (30)
Violin Sonata
Concertante No 1 for English horn and strings
Symphony No 2 (1950-1)
Four Impromptus for piano (1950 2)
1951 (31)
Concertante No 2 for three pianos, strings and timpani
Canterbury Prologue, ballet
Viola Concerto (1951-3)
1952 (32)
String Quartet No 2 (1952-3)
Concerto for piano and small orchestra (1952-4)
1953-4 (33-4)
Violin Concerto No 2, Rapsodie Concertante
1954 (34)
Dance Scene, for orchestra
Nocturne and Scherzo for piano (four hands)
1955 (35)
Horn Sonata
The Tomb of St Eulalia, elegy for counter-tenor, gamba and harpsichord
Litany, for double string orchestra
Musick's Empire, for chorus and small orchestra
1956 (36)
Cello Sonata
Suite for harpsichord
1957-8 (37-8)
A Vision of Judgement, oratorio
Octet for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double-bass
Variations for piano
1958 (38)
Comedy Overture, for orchestra
Toccata for piano and orchestra (1958-9)
1959 (39)
Serenade No 1 for flute, clarinet, bass-clarinet, viola, cello and harp
Serenade No 2 for flute, oboe and piano
1960 (40)
Symphony No 3
1961 (41)
Cantata for tenor and chamber ensemble (1961-2)
Twelve Studies for piano
1963 (43)
O longs désirs, five songs for soprano and orchestra
1964-6 (44-6)
Symphony No 4
1965 (45)
Ricercare for organ
Four Dialogues, for oboe and piano
Four Songs for soprano and piano (also orchestrated)
1966 (46)
Fantasy for viola and piano
Three Scenes, for orchestra
The Day and the Spirits, for soprano and harp (1966-7)
1967 (47)
Seven Counterpoints for orchestra
Ave Maris Stella, for male voices and piano
Episodes 1, for piano (1967-8)
Cantilena and Cabaletta, for solo soprano (1967-8)
1968 (48)
Refrains, for solo oboe
Magnificat, for solo voices, choir and orchestra
Concertante No 4, for flute, oboe, violin and strings
Gladius Domini, toccata for organ
Some Serious Nonsense, for tenor, flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord
Six Pieces for organ
1969 (49)
Saxophone Quartet
Praeludium for organ
1970 (50)
Paseo, for guitar
The Roofs, for coloratura soprano and percussion
1971 (51)
Sarabande in memoriam Igor Stravinsky
Nocturne for chamber orchestra
Intrada for organ
A Bourrée for Sir Arthur Bliss, for cello
Concertante No 5 for piano and string quartet
1972 (52)
Introitus, for orchestra
Come Sleep, for contralto, alto flute and bass clarinet
Fanfare for Europe, for trumpet
Ballade, for flute and piano
Seven Little Songs for chorus
1973 (53)
Gigue for cello
The Groves of Dodona, for six flutes
1974 (54)
Spirit Puck, for clarinet and percussion
Two Petrarch Madrigals
Trio sonata for organ
1975 (55)
String Quartet No 3
Symphony No 5
1976 (56)
String Quartet No 4
Seachant, for flute and double-bass
Invention and Little Toccata for organ
1976 7 (56-7)
Sinfonia for seventeen wind instruments
1977 (57)
A Wish for a Party, for male voices
Anniversary, for organ
Two Songs for baritone and piano
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