Paul Reade
Paul Geoffrey Reade was an English composer. Born in Lancashire, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music and worked at English National Opera as a repetiteur.Career
Reade was active as a composer for television, with credits including the series The Victorian Kitchen Garden and Jane Eyre. He arranged the Beethoven extracts heard by millions of children in the surreal animated series Ludwig; his other children's television credits include The Flumps and Crystal Tipps and Alistair. He was also the composer, with Tim Gibson, of the theme music for the Antiques Roadshow.
Reade eventually turned to ballet; among the latter works he scored were Hobson's Choice in 1989, and 1996's Far from the Madding Crowd. Hobson's Choice has been recorded by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia and released on ASV Records.
Paul Reade's Chants du Roussillon were recorded by the prominent soprano, Virginia Kerr.
