Thomas Linley (1756-1778)
- The Tempest (1777)
Performers: Julia Gοοding (soprano); The Pаrley of Instruments Baroque Choir & Orchestra; Paul Nichοlsοn (conductor)
Further info: Thomas Linley (1756-1778) - Cantatas & Theatre Music
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English composer and violinist. Son of the composer Thomas Linley
(1733-1795), he was known as a child prodigy, performing a concerto on
the violin at the Bath concerts in 1763 at age 7. Thereafter he was sent
to London to study under William Boyce, and in 1768 he went to Italy to
study under Pietro Nardini. He met Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart there in
April 1770 and Charles Burney in September of the same year. He returned
to England in 1771 and became a regular performer in concerts in Bath
and London. He was leader at Drury Lane from 1773 to 1778 and often
played concertos between the acts of oratorios. His tragic early death
in a boating accident while on holiday with his family at Grimsthorpe
Castle was one of the greatest losses that English music has suffered.
As a composer, his music includes three operas, three anthems/odes
(including one on Shakespeare), 20 songs, 20 violin concertos (most
lost), and several smaller works. He was one of the most precocious
composers and performers that have been known in England. The famous
painter Thomas Gainsborough painted Linley’s portrait three times. His
sisters Elizabeth Ann Linley (1754-1792) and Mary Linley (1758-1787)
were both sopranos, and his brothers William Linley (1771-1835) and
Ozias Thurston Linley (1765-1831) were musicians and composers.
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