So much talent given to just one man: Richard Rodney Bennett

Mark Anthony-Turnage pays tribute to his friend, composer, pianist and jazz musician Richard Rodney Bennett, whose music is the focus of this weekend’s BBCSO Total Immersion festival I knew Richard Rodney Bennett for only a little over 11 years, but his music has been part of my life from my early teens, when I was starting to write my first compositions.
He was a towering figure in British musical life. Premieres of his works were big events. He was a composer, pianist and jazz musician w