Carl Davis
- Born:
- Oct 28, 1936
- Died:
- Aug 03, 2023
About
From Wikipedia:
Carl Davis, CBE (28 October 1936 – 3 August 2023) was an American-born conductor and composer who lived in the United Kingdom from 1961.
He composed music for more than 100 television programmes, created new scores for the concert performance of silent movies, and wrote many ballet and concert works that were performed worldwide. Davis’s publisher was Faber Music. […]
In 1991, Davis and Paul McCartney collaborated on Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio, recorded to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Loosely based on McCartney’s own life, the eight-movement work was composed by Davis and McCartney and conducted by Davis.
I was very sad to hear that my friend Carl Davis had passed away. Carl and I wrote the ‘Liverpool Oratorio’ together. It was my first full-length classical venture and I really enjoyed working with him to make it happen. I would show up at his house and we would start writing. I would suggest an idea and he would write it down on the manuscript paper which made it easy for him to play the idea back to me and we progressed like that. He was a very skilful and fun man to be with. His enthusiasm was extremely infectious and we had a great time during the period that we worked together.
When we came to perform the piece at Liverpool Cathedral it was very exciting for me who had once failed an audition for the choir at the cathedral to be back there with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and tremendous soloists Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Willard White, Sally Burgess, Jerry Hadley, and a large choir for a very special evening.
I enjoyed my time with Carl very much and send my love and sympathies to his lovely wife, Jean, and their daughters Hannah and Jessie.
Love, Paul
Paul McCartney – From Paul McCartney on Twitter, August 5, 2023
Last updated on August 5, 2023
Songs written or co-written by Carl Davis
Unreleased song
Unreleased song
Appaloosa Movement 2 - Meditation
Unreleased song
Unreleased song
Officially appears on Liverpool Oratorio
Crises - Do We Live in a World..., aka. Save The Child
Officially appears on Liverpool Oratorio
Crises - Do You Know Who You Are...
Officially appears on Liverpool Oratorio
Crises - Ghosts of the Past Left Behind
Officially appears on Liverpool Oratorio
Officially appears on Liverpool Oratorio
Albums, EPs & singles which Carl Davis contributed to
The World You're Coming Into / Tres Conejos
By Kiri Te Kanawa • 7" Single
Contribution: Orchestra conductor • 2 songs
Save The Child / The Drinking Song
By Kiri Te Kanawa • 7" Single
Contribution: Orchestra conductor • 2 songs
Selections from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
By Paul McCartney • Official album
Contribution: Orchestra conductor • 41 songs
By Paul McCartney • Official album
Contribution: Arrangement, Orchestra conductor • 2 songs
Off the Ground - The Complete Works
By Paul McCartney • Official album
Contribution: Arrangement, Orchestra conductor • 2 songs
Ethel & Ernest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
By Various Artists • Official album
Contribution: Conductor, String arranger • 2 songs
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
Contribution: Conductor, Orchestra conductor, String arranger • 6 songs