Welcome
Hello and welcome to my website. Here you can find out all the latest information on my music. Many of my choral works are written for and performed by The Platinum Consort, directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger.
You can peruse the catalogue of scores available and listen to samples of live performances and look at a sample page of each piece, as well as order full scores and parts. Please click on the pages above to find more detailed information, and if you have any questions which are not answered here, please contact me and I will get back to you.
Richard Bates
You can peruse the catalogue of scores available and listen to samples of live performances and look at a sample page of each piece, as well as order full scores and parts. Please click on the pages above to find more detailed information, and if you have any questions which are not answered here, please contact me and I will get back to you.
Richard Bates
Latest News
Special Edition Score Released
Special edition full orchestral score for THE VIGIL now on sale!
Please visit my shop to view the score. 
Richard prepares for the world premiere performance of two of his new compositions - Storm of Light and Veni Veni Emmanuel. Join Platinum Consort on 16th November, 7:30pm, at St Giles' Cripplegate, Barbican. EC2Y 8DA. Tickets can be obtained here. It is sure to be a wonderful evening of early and contemporary choral music.
Richard is interviewed by Fran Wilson for her Meet The Artist blog series. Richard discusses his work as a composer and relationship with the Platinum Consort.
See full interview here... Hear Richard's Tenebrae and In The Dark sung live by the Platinum Consort on September 1st 2012 at London's Kings Place. Click here for more info.
The Observer reviews music by Richard Bates:
"Richard Bates...knows how to raise the hairs on the back of the neck with his smoky eight-part writing" See full review here... On July 2nd, Resonus Classics released IN THE DARK, Platinum Consort's debut album. This album features Richard's Tenebrae as well as commissioned title work In The Dark.
Richard Bates is named as Composer in Residence to the Platinum Consort. Click here for more information.
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