David Bedford

David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music. He was the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, the grandson of the composer, painter and author Herbert Bedford and the composer Liza Lehmann, and the son of Leslie Bedford, an inventor, and Lesley Duff, a soprano opera singer. From 1969 to 1981, Bedford was Composer in Residence at Queen's College, London. From 1968 to 1980, he taught music in a number of London secondary schools. In 1996 he was appointed Composer in Association with the English Sinfonia. In 2001 he was appointed Chairman of the Performing Right Society, having previously been Deputy chairman.

Mémoires vives - 2025-05-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series, Vol. 2 - 2024-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Voyage of a Sea-God: The Bassoon Through the 20th Century - 2021-07-02T00:00:00.000000Z

The John Harle Collection Vol. 6: Foursquare (The Myrha Saxophone Quartet 1980-1986) [Live] - 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000000Z

The John Harle Collection Vol. 4: Sequenza! (Saxophone Solo and Piano Duos 1980-2015) [Live] - 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Dorothy Dorow and Friends - 2017-10-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Timothy Reynish International Repertoire Recordings, Vol. 10: The Music of David Bedford - 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000000Z

A Round-Up of NMC - 2015-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The NMC Songbook - 2015-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

HCMF 2012 Sampler: Grooving Through Old Tombs - 2015-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Britrock: The Best of British Classic Rock - 2014-02-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Choirbook for the Queen - 2013-10-05T00:00:00.000000Z

A Recital by Two Pianists - 2013-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Losing Our Virginity (The First 4 Years '73 - '76) - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

A Doll's House - 2012-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Themes & Variations - 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Spectrum / Spectrum 2 - 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bedford: Orchestral Works - 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

NMC Sampler No. 5: New Stock - 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mary Wiegold's Songbook - 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Pastures New - 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Great Equatorial - 2011-12-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Luytens: Quincunx & And Suddenly It's Evening - Bedford: Music for Albion Moonlight - 2008-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

English Choral Music - 2002-08-19T00:00:00.000000Z

A Live Record - 2002-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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