Malcolm Lipkin was born in Liverpool in 1932.
He went to school at Liverpool College and subsequently studied in London at the Royal College of Music.
His early works show the influence of Stravinsky and are marked by extended melodies, motor-rhythms and clear tonal frameworks, as in the Second Violin Concerto. However, from the Symphony no. 1 onwards, his style changed, with pithy, fragmented ideas and rhythmic cells becoming the basis of composition. His idiom became austere and dissonant, with the tonality obscured and an emphasis on spare textures and sinewy counterpoint, as in his second and third symphonies.
Violin Concerto No. 1, 1952
Piano Concerto, 1957
Violin Concerto No. 2, 1962
Symphony no. 1, 1965
Symphony no. 2, 1979
Symphony no. 3, 1986
Oboe Concerto, 1990
and several lesser items.
He went to school at Liverpool College and subsequently studied in London at the Royal College of Music.
His early works show the influence of Stravinsky and are marked by extended melodies, motor-rhythms and clear tonal frameworks, as in the Second Violin Concerto. However, from the Symphony no. 1 onwards, his style changed, with pithy, fragmented ideas and rhythmic cells becoming the basis of composition. His idiom became austere and dissonant, with the tonality obscured and an emphasis on spare textures and sinewy counterpoint, as in his second and third symphonies.
Violin Concerto No. 1, 1952
Piano Concerto, 1957
Violin Concerto No. 2, 1962
Symphony no. 1, 1965
Symphony no. 2, 1979
Symphony no. 3, 1986
Oboe Concerto, 1990
and several lesser items.