Richard Sisson is a pianist and composer. Alongside a growing catalogue of concert works he has composed much music for the theatre. Most recently this has included the National Theatre's production of Alan Bennett's new play ‘The History Boys'. He also provided scores for West End productions of Nicholas Wright's ‘Cressida' with Sir Michael Gambon for The Almeida and Alan Bennett's ‘The Lady in the Van' with Dame Maggie Smith.
Recent concert work includes a chamber piece commissioned for members of The Britten Sinfonia as part of the Arts Council's Year of the Artist initiative. The piece - ‘All in a Garden Green' - for Oboe, Cello, Harp and Narrator was broadcast on Sky Digital as part of a live concert from Wigmore Hall. He composed ‘Song of The Carpenter', a piece for the international percussion virtuoso Colin Currie, as part of an education project at The Luton Music Club. 2004 saw the premiere of ‘Battledore' which was commissioned as part of ‘Breakout!', Making Music Eastern's Contemporary Music Project. It was presented by Stevenage Choral Society conducted by Robin Osterley with children's choirs from Barnwell School and the Stevenage Music Centre.
He also devises and presents the SongBook series at London's Wigmore Hall.
Since 1994 he has enjoyed an association with the Choir of the Year competition which is now being presented in conjunction with BBC Radio 3. Several choral commissions have resulted from this, including ‘BirdSongs' for The Berkshire Youth Choir, winners in 1996, and, most recently, a set of part songs ‘Turtles Cannot Sing and Yet They Love' for Choros Amici, winners in 2000. Once again he was invited to adjudicate in the 2004 competition.
He is the piano playing half of the cabaret double act ‘ Kit and The Widow' .Seasoned society performers who are in demand all over the world they are currently touring in their latest show ‘Twenty Years – Man & Boy' . This autumn they will be joining forces once again with American comedienne Joan Rivers for a further nationwide tour. They are also presenting a second series of their BBC Radio 3 programme ‘Kit &The Widow – Cocktails' which will include reports on cabaret from festivals in Greenwich, Adelaide , New York and Australia.
Recent concert work includes a chamber piece commissioned for members of The Britten Sinfonia as part of the Arts Council's Year of the Artist initiative. The piece - ‘All in a Garden Green' - for Oboe, Cello, Harp and Narrator was broadcast on Sky Digital as part of a live concert from Wigmore Hall. He composed ‘Song of The Carpenter', a piece for the international percussion virtuoso Colin Currie, as part of an education project at The Luton Music Club. 2004 saw the premiere of ‘Battledore' which was commissioned as part of ‘Breakout!', Making Music Eastern's Contemporary Music Project. It was presented by Stevenage Choral Society conducted by Robin Osterley with children's choirs from Barnwell School and the Stevenage Music Centre.
He also devises and presents the SongBook series at London's Wigmore Hall.
Since 1994 he has enjoyed an association with the Choir of the Year competition which is now being presented in conjunction with BBC Radio 3. Several choral commissions have resulted from this, including ‘BirdSongs' for The Berkshire Youth Choir, winners in 1996, and, most recently, a set of part songs ‘Turtles Cannot Sing and Yet They Love' for Choros Amici, winners in 2000. Once again he was invited to adjudicate in the 2004 competition.
He is the piano playing half of the cabaret double act ‘ Kit and The Widow' .Seasoned society performers who are in demand all over the world they are currently touring in their latest show ‘Twenty Years – Man & Boy' . This autumn they will be joining forces once again with American comedienne Joan Rivers for a further nationwide tour. They are also presenting a second series of their BBC Radio 3 programme ‘Kit &The Widow – Cocktails' which will include reports on cabaret from festivals in Greenwich, Adelaide , New York and Australia.
