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Alan Cuckston

hps, org, *1940 GB
Musician / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Alan George Cuckston

Alan George Cuckston (b Horsforth, Leeds, 1940) is an English harpsichordist, pianist, conductor, and lecturer.Alan Cuckston was born near Leeds and studied music with Fanny Waterman and Lamar Crowson and at Kings College, Cambridge, 1959–63. He successfully auditioned for the BBC, and has given frequent broadcasts as keyboard and harpsichord soloist. Cuckston also and joined the staff of the Music Department at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham. In 1968 he played the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, the reportoire of which included: the Monteverdi Choir, the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, the English Chamber Orchestra, Vespro della Beata Vergine, and conductor John Eliot Gardiner.

     
Instruments
  • Harpsichord
  • Organ
Genres
  • Classical
  • Folk
  • World
Popular Tracks   
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in G minor, Op. 5, No. 5, HWV 400: 5. Bourrée on Handel: Complete Chamber Music by George Frideric Handel & Academy Chamber Ensemble
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in D, Op. 5, No. 2, HWV 397: 2. Allegro - Adagio on Handel: Complete Chamber Music by George Frideric Handel & Academy Chamber Ensemble
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in B flat, Op. 5, No. 7, HWV 402: 5. Gavotte (Allegro) on Handel: Complete Chamber Music by George Frideric Handel & Academy Chamber Ensemble
Violin Concerto No. 4 in E Major, TWV 51:E3: I. Affettuoso on Telemann: Five Violin Concertos by Georg Philipp Telemann, Iona Brown & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in D, Op. 5, No. 2, HWV 397: 1. Adagio on Handel: Complete Chamber Music by George Frideric Handel & Academy Chamber Ensemble
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in G minor, Op. 5, No. 5, HWV 400: 2. Larghetto - Adagio on Handel: Complete Chamber Music by George Frideric Handel & Academy Chamber Ensemble
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in B flat, Op. 2, No. 3, HWV 388: 1. Andante - Adagio on Handel: Complete Chamber Music by George Frideric Handel & Academy Chamber Ensemble
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in G minor, Op. 2, No. 5, HWV 390a: 2. Allegro on Handel: Complete Chamber Music by George Frideric Handel & Academy Chamber Ensemble
Violin Concerto No. 8 in G Major, TWV 51:G8: I. Andante on Telemann: Five Violin Concertos by Georg Philipp Telemann, Iona Brown & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in G minor, Op. 2, No. 5, HWV 390a: 1. Larghetto - Adagio on Handel: Complete Chamber Music by George Frideric Handel & Academy Chamber Ensemble

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Harpsichord Music Volume 1Jean-Philippe Rameau, Alan Cuckston1995Album
Pièces De Clavecin, Book 4 (Selections)François Couperin - Alan Cuckston1991Album
Couperin - Pieces de Clavecin, Books 3 & 4 (Selections)Alan Cuckston1991Album
Pièces De Clavecin En ConcertsJean-Philippe Rameau - Alan Cuckston, Elisabeth Parry, Kenneth Mitchell, Alison Crum1991Album
Pièces De Clavecin - Cinq PiècesJean-Philippe Rameau - Alan Cuckston1990Album
Harpsichord Suites Nos. 6-8Georg Friedrich Händel, Alan Cuckston1990Album
Harpsichord Suites Nos. 1 - 5Georg Friedrich Händel, Alan Cuckston1990Album
A Musical Evening With The Bronte FamilyAlan Cuckston1979Album
The Sound Of The Georgian Piano / English Keyboard Music 1760-1860John Field / William Sterndale Bennett / John Burton / George Frederick Pinto - Alan Cuckston1975Album
Gigges And Dompes And Other Keyborde MusickeAlan Cuckston1972Album
Scottish Keyboard Music and Dances from the Dublin Virginal ManuscriptAlan Cuckston1965Album
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