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One of the most respected and distinguished of senior British composers, John Joubert was born in Cape Town in 1927. In 1946 he won a scholarship to study in London at the Royal Academy of Music and he has lived and worked in England ever since. Joubert is perhaps best known for his choral music — O Lorde the Maker of al Thinge, Torches and There is no Rose have featured in the popular mainstream repertory for many years. He has also written a large body of chamber music, symphonic works and operas, commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society, Three Choirs Festival and the BBC among others. His eightieth birthday in 2007 was celebrated with the ‘Joubertiade’, a nationwide and year-long series of concerts and events, as well as the release of four new CDs. In 2010 Joubert was Composer in Residence at the Three Choirs Festival. The festival saw the premieres of several new works, most notably An English Requiem. Joubert's new Cello Concerto, commissioned by Raphael Wallfisch, premieres in March 2012.

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