Ian whyte conductor

In December he was appointed the BBC's Aberdeen Station Representative mainly because of his many contacts in the dramatic and musical life of Deeside. It also noted that Whyte "is probably the only music director in Britain who has broadcast an eye-witness account of a football match". For some time before the Second World War, in conjunction with other musicians, Whyte was concerned with the unearthing of much forgotten Scottish music for the radio series Music from the Scottish Past.

His enthusiasm for Scottish music is reflected in such vigorous arrangements of traditional airs as such "Eightsome Reel for Strings". His own considerable output, such as the ballet Donald of the Burthens , which was performed at Covent Garden, was influenced by Scottish themes and folk tunes. He was awarded an OBE in and in received an honorary doctorate in music from Edinburgh University.

Dr Ian Whyte died on 27 March after a prolonged illness. He was survived by his wife and a son. It included a memorial sonnet written by the composer's son, Mr Don Whyte, and at the end the congregation sang the psalm "Praise Ye the Lord" to the tune of "Dunfermline", Dr Whyte's own favourite and the town from which he originally came.

It is mainly as a conductor that Ian Whyte will be remembered. He had a special understanding of Scandinavian music — more will remember his fine readings of Sibelius — and at the end of the Second World War was invited to Oslo by King Haakon to conduct a concert in honour of the King's birthday. Namespaces Page Discussion. Whyte's responsiveness to Scottish traditional music is demonstrated in his numerous song and dance arrangements. Several of his original works received performances at the Edinburgh Festival, among them a piano concerto and a symphony.

His ballet Donald of the Burthens, produced at Covent Garden in , incorporated bagpipes not entirely unsuccessfully in an otherwise conventional orchestra. His Eightsome Reel for orchestra, and other pieces of the kind, could be said to have paved the way for Scottish-based entertainment music by Arnold, Hamilton, Musgrave and others. Skip to main content. You are here Home. Ian Whyte. He died in Glasgow, March 27, Works Edinburgh Suite, An.

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