My friend and colleague Anthony Gilbert, who has died aged 88, was a composer of strikingly idiosyncratic and original music.
His substantial body of work ranges from major commissions such as the Symphony (Cheltenham festival, 1973) or the radio opera The Chakravaka-Bird (BBC, 1981), to chamber music written for ensembles including the London Sinfonietta, the Manchester Camerata and the Lindsay Quartet. From Dream Carousels (1988) to Liaison (2021) there were many successful collaborations with the conductor Tim Reynish. His music appears on 11 albums on the NMC record label, and is published by Schott’s and University of York Music Press.
