2003 in British music

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This is a summary of 2003 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events[edit]

Classical music[edit]

Both Andrew Glover and Peter Maxwell Davies produced several new orchestral/instrumental works. British film score composer Rachel Portman produced an opera, The Little Prince, commissioned by the Houston Opera and premièred in the USA.

Michael Nyman, during his period as Composer-in-Residence at Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe, Germany, produced his Violin Concerto and an opera Man and Boy: Dada, with libretto by Michael Hastings. It was premièred at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe in the following year.

Other classical works[edit]

Opera[edit]

Film and incidental music[edit]

Musical films[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Music awards[edit]

BRIT Awards[edit]

The 2003 BRIT Awards winners were:

Ivor Novello Awards[edit]

The winners of the Ivor Novello Awards were:

Mercury Music Prize[edit]

The 2003 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Dizzee RascalBoy in Da Corner.

Popjustice £20 Music Prize[edit]

The 2003 Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded to Girls Aloud for their song No Good Advice from the album Sound of the Underground.

The Record of the Year[edit]

The Record of the Year was awarded to "Mandy" by Westlife.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "'Priceless' Beatles tapes discovered". BBC. 10 January 2003. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon; Vineyard, Jennifer (13 January 2003). "Pete Townshend Arrested in Child Porn Investigation". MTV. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  4. ^ Ivan Hewett, "Momentum: The Music of Mark-Anthony Turnage: Barbican, London EC2, 18-19 Jan", The Times (18 January 2003): 10; Richard Morrison, "Blood on the Floor", The Times (20 January 2003): 17.
  5. ^ Wilson, Jamie (8 May 2003). "Pete Townshend put on sex offenders register". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Jemini's dressing room attacked at Eurovision". BBC. 25 May 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
  7. ^ Osbourne 'stable' after accident, BBC News, 9 December 2003.
  8. ^ Stones frontman becomes Sir Mick, BBC News, 12 December 2003.
  9. ^ Rebecca Leung (11 February 2009). "Spreading Good Cheer". CBS News. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Music Obituary: Sir John Tavener". The Daily Telegraph. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  11. ^ Graham Waterhouse Kammerkonzert. Gasteig. 5 October 2003.
  12. ^ Harris M. Lentz III (24 October 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-7864-5208-8.
  13. ^ Adrian Wright (2008). The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-84383-412-0.
  14. ^ Professor Simon Emmerson (28 January 2013). Living Electronic Music. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-4094-9371-6.
  15. ^ Alexander Gleason (11 January 2003). "Mickey Finn". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  16. ^ Dave Laing (18 January 2003). "Ron Goodwin". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  17. ^ CandiottI, Susan (16 January 2003). "Gibb autopsy cites twisted intestine". CNN. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  18. ^ "Stradivari Violin stayed at Water Museum". vodokanal.spb.ru. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  19. ^ Dave Laing (10 March 2003). "Adam Faith". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  20. ^ Garth Cartwright (2 June 2003). "Mickie Most". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  21. ^ "Matthew Jay plunges from window". Virgin Megamagazine. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
  22. ^ Singer Robert Palmer dies BBC. Retrieved 19 April 2012