Karl Jenkins: Palladio, London Philharmonic Strings, Karl Jenkins (conductor)
Konstantin Stoianov, Duncan Riddell, Robert St John Wright, Dermot Crehan (violins)
1. Allegreto – 00:00
2. Largo – 03:43
3. Vivace – 09:17
Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins, CBE (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer. His best known works include "Adiemus", Palladio, The Armed Man, and his Requiem.
Karl Jenkins was born and raised in Penclawdd, Gower, Wales. His mother was Swedish and his father was Welsh. Jenkins received his initial musical instruction from his father who was the local schoolteacher, chapel organist and choirmaster. He attended Gowerton Grammar School.
Jenkins began his musical career as an oboist in the National Youth Orchestra of Wales. He went on to study music at Cardiff University, and then commenced postgraduate studies in London at the Royal Academy of Music, where he also met his wife and musical collaborator, Carol Barratt. He studied with Alun Hoddinott.
Jenkins holds a Doctorate in Music from the University of Wales. He has been made both a fellow and an associate of the Royal Academy of Music, and a room has been named in his honour. He also has had fellowships at Cardiff University (2005), the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Trinity College Carmarthen, and Swansea Metropolitan University.
In 2008 Jenkins' The Armed Man was listed as No. 1 in Classic FM's "Top 10 by living composers".
He was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the University of Leicester, the Chancellor's Medal from the University of Glamorgan and honorary visiting professorships at Thames Valley University, London College of Music and the ATriUM, Cardiff.
Jenkins was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours. In 2015 he was made a Knight Bachelor.
Jenkins is joint president of the British Double Reed Society and Patron of the International Schools Choral Music Society (ISCMS).
In 2016 Jenkins received the BASCA Gold Badge Award for his unique contribution to music.
“PALLADIO was inspired by the sixteenth century Italian architect Andrea Palladio, whose work embodies the Renaissance celebration of harmony and order. Two of Palladios hallmarks are mathematical harmony and architectural elements borrowed from classical antiquity, a philosophy which I feel reflects my own approach to composition. The first movement I adapted and used for the Shadows.” (Karl Jenkins)
