Steuart Bedford

English conductor and pianist

Born: 31st July 1939 London, England
Died: 15th February 2021
Orchestral and opera conductor renowned for his interpretations of the work of Benjamin Britten. Paternal grandson of composer Liza Lehmann, son of Lesley Duff and brother of composer David Bedford and singer Peter Bedford. Married to soprano Norma Burrowes from 1969 to 1980.
Musical Director of The English Opera Group from 1971 to 1998 and Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival from 1974 to 1988. Worked on notable Mozart productions with the Garsington Opera from 1993.
Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to music.

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Steuart Bedford

Peter Grimes On Aldeburgh Beach

Benjamin Britten, Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, Steuart Bedford, Britten-Pears Orchestra, Margaret Williams (5), Tim Albery

Salute To Percy Grainger

Britten*, Steuart Bedford, John Eliot Gardiner

Song Cycles - Orchestral Works

Benjamin Britten, Jill Gomez, Endymion Ensemble, John Whitfield (2), Neil Mackie (2), Barry Tuckwell, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate, Christopher Warren-Green, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek

The Hymn Of Jesus • Choral Symphony • The Wandering Scholar • At The Boar's Head

Holst* / Sir Charles Groves • Sir Adrian Boult • Steuart Bedford • David Atherton (2)

Symphony No. 1, 'Spitfire' Prelude And Fugue

Walton* - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

The Concertos For Violin, Clarinet & Flute

Nielsen*, Saeka Matsuyama, Odense Symphony Orchestra*, Jan Wagner (4) / John McCaw, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard / Jennifer Stinton, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Folk Song Arrangements • 2

Britten*, Philip Langridge, Thomas Allen, BBC Singers, Northern Sinfonia, Steuart Bedford, Simon Joly

Piano Concerto • Johnson Over Jordan (Suite)

Britten* - Joanna MacGregor, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Violin Concerto

Britten*, Lorraine McAslan, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge

Britten* / English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Britten Operas II - Britten Conducts A Midsummer Night's Dream · The Rape Of Lucretia · The Turn Of The Screw; Bedford · Mackerras Conduct Death In Venice · Gloriana

Britten* / Bedford* · Mackerras*

Serenade For Tenor, Horn And Strings / Nocturne / Phaedra

Britten*, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, Frank Lloyd, Northern Sinfonia, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

The English Song Series • 8 (Lehmann)

Liza Lehmann, Janice Watson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Toby Spence, Neal Davies, Steuart Bedford

Simple Symphony • Temporal Variations • Suite On English Folk Tunes

Britten*, Northern Sinfonia • Steuart Bedford

Canticles I-V, The Heart Of The Matter

Britten*, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Jean Rigby, Derek Lee Ragin, Gerald Finley, Dame Judi Dench*

The Heart Of The Matter • Early Songs • Purcell Realizations • Serenade • Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal • Rossini Suite • Folk Song Arrangements

Britten* / Neil Mackie (2) • Sir Peter Pears* • Barry Tuckwell • Roger Vignoles • Scottish Chamber Orchestra • Steuart Bedford

Le Livre De La Jungle (Poème Symphonique D'après Rudyard Kipling)

Charles Koechlin - Orchestre Philharmonique De Montpellier L.-R.*, Steuart Bedford

Benjamin Britten: Temporal Variations, Lachrymae, Simple Symphony, Suite on English Folk Tunes

Steuart Bedford, Northern Sinfonia, Nicholas Daniel, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Philip Dukes

The English Song Series Volume 7

Gustav Holst - Susan Gritton, Philip Langridge, Christopher Maltman, Louisa Fuller, Steuart Bedford

Setting Of Poems By W.H. Auden

Benjamin Britten / Lennox Berkeley • Philip Langridge, Della Jones, Steuart Bedford

Albert Herring

Britten*, Steuart Bedford, Gillet*, Barstow*, Palmer*, Lloyd*

The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne • Seven Sonnets Of Michelangelo • Winter Words

Britten* - Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

St Nicolas / Christ's Nativity / Psalm 150

Benjamin Britten - Philip Langridge, Tallis Chamber Choir, New London Children's Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Singers, Steuart Bedford

At The Boar's Head • The Wandering Scholar

Holst* - Langridge* • Tomlinson* • Ross* • Palmer* • David Atherton (2) • Rippon* • Burrowes* • Langdon* • Tear* • Steuart Bedford

Benjamin Britten - The Folk Songs

Britten*, Felicity Lott, Philip Langridge, Thomas Allen, Carlos Bonell, Osian Ellis, Graham Johnson (2), Northern Sinfonia, BBC Singers, The Wenhaston Boys' Choir, Steuart Bedford

Britten Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings

Neil Mackie (2), Barry Tuckwell, Steuart Bedford, André Previn, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Simon Rattle

The Turn Of The Screw

Benjamin Britten - Felicity Lott, Philip Langridge, Nadine Secunde, Phyllis Cannan, Eileen Hulse, Sam Pay, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Steuart Bedford

Concierto De Aranjuez / Concierto Pastorale / Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre

Rodrigo*, English Chamber Orchestra, Carlos Bonell, Jennifer Stinton, Steuart Bedford

The Beggar's Opera

John Gay, Benjamin Britten - Murray*, Kenny*, Collins*, Langridge*, Rawnsley*, Lloyd*, Steuart Bedford

Concerto De Aranjuez / Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre

Joaquín Rodrigo, Carlos Bonell, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Sinfonia Da Requiem • Sea Interludes And Passacaglia From Peter Grimes

Britten* • London Symphony Orchestra • Steuart Bedford

Piano Concerto • Violin Concerto

Benjamin Britten - Joanna MacGregor, Lorraine McAslan, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Johnson Over Jordan

Benjamin Britten - Dmitri Shostakovich - Steuart Bedford, English Chamber Orchestra, Phyllis Bryn-Julson

Twentieth Century Flute Concerti

Jennifer Stinton, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Nielsen*, Honegger*, Ibert*, Poulenc*

Britten: Piano Concerto | Saxton: Music to Celebrate the Resurrection of Christ

Benjamin Britten, Robert Saxton, Joanna MacGregor, English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Walton Symphony No 1 - The Philharmonia - Louis Frémaux

Louis Frémaux, The Philharmonia*, Steuart Bedford, English Chamber Orchestra

Sinfonia Da Requiem • Sea Interludes And Passacaglia From Peter Grimes

Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Celebration For Flute And Orchestra

William Bennett (3), English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

The Perfect Fool / Egdon Heath / St. Paul's Suite / Beni Mora / Psalm 86 / Short Festival Te Deum / Brook Green Suite

Holst* - André Previn / Sir Malcolm Sargent / Sir Charles Groves / Imogen Holst / Steuart Bedford

The Hymn Of Jesus • The Wandering Scholar

Nielsen, Saeka Matsuyama, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Jan Wagner (4) / John McCaw, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard / Jennifer Stinton, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Britten, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Jean Rigby, Derek Lee Ragin, Gerald Finley, Dame Judi Dench

Britten, Steuart Bedford, Gillet, Barstow, Palmer, Lloyd*

John Gay, Benjamin Britten - Murray, Kenny, Collins, Langridge, Rawnsley, Lloyd, Steuart Bedford

Jennifer Stinton, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Nielsen, Honegger, Ibert, Poulenc

Michael Haydn / Joseph Haydn, Jane Parkerová-Smithová, Pražský Komorní Orchestr · Steuart Bedford

Albrechtsberger, Haydn, Bach* - Jane Parker-Smith, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Mozart, Haydn, Keith Puddy, Elgar Howarth, The Orchestra Of St. James* Conducted By Steuart Bedford

Percy Grainger, Pears* / John Shirley-Quirk, Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Britten, Steuart Bedford