Editing Joby Talbot (section)

==Early career and concert works==
Though classically trained, Talbot's early career centred on film and television scores and pop arrangements. His work as arranger and keyboardist with [[Neil Hannon]]'s band [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] continued from 1993 until 2002.<ref name="About" /> He also played saxophone on the song "Time of Legends" for gothic rock band NOSFERATU, appearing on their 1993 single "Savage Kiss" and their 1994 album ''The Prophecy''. In 1999, following some minor television scoring jobs, Talbot was commissioned to write the theme and score for [[BBC Two]]'s comedy series ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]'', for which he was awarded the [[Royal Television Society|Royal Television Society Award]] for Best Title Music<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.wisemusiccreative.com/|title=Wise Music Creative US - Home|website=Us.wisemusiccreative.com|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> and which he would continue to score throughout its three series and film, ''[[The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse]]'' (2005). Talbot was commissioned, also in 1999, by the [[British Film Institute]] to provide a new score for Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 silent film ''[[The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog|The Lodger]]'', and again in 2002 the BFI had Talbot write a piano trio to accompany Evgenii Bauer's ''[[The Dying Swan]]'' (1917).<ref name="MSC Works" />

Concert works of this period include ''Luminescence'' (1997) for the [[BBC Philharmonic]]; ''Falling'' (1998), written for cellist [[Philip Sheppard (musician)|Phillip Sheppard]]; ''Incandescence'' (1998) for percussion and orchestra, commissioned by the Brunel Ensemble and later toured by [[Evelyn Glennie]] and the [[London Sinfonietta]]; String Quartet No. 1 (1999) and No. 2 (2002), for the [[Duke Quartet]]; the saxophone quartet ''Blue Cell'' (2001) for the Apollo Saxophone Quartet; and ''Minus 1500'' (2001) for bassoon, percussion, strings and piano, commissioned by the London Sinfonietta.<ref name="MSC Works" /> During this time, Talbot also completed a popular reworking of [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]]'s 'All Mine' for The Divine Comedy's contribution to [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]' covers album ''[[Reload (Tom Jones album)|Reload]]'' (1999).<ref name="About" />{{failed verification|date=August 2013}}

In 2002, Talbot wrote ''The Wishing Tree'', a short a cappella madrigal setting a text by [[Kathleen Jamie]], for [[King's Singers|The King's Singers]], commissioned by the ensemble and [[The Proms]] as part of [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|the Queen's Golden Jubilee]]. Subsequent to this, Talbot was asked by Nigel Short, artistic director of chamber choir [[Tenebrae (choir)|Tenebrae]], to create a work that described the ancient [[Pilgrimage Church of St James|Christian pilgrimage route]] across northern Spain to [[Santiago de compostela|Santiago de Compostela]]. The resultant piece was the hour-long, [[a cappella]] journey ''Path of Miracles'', setting multilingual texts collated by Robert Dickinson, which has steadily gained popularity with vocal ensembles and audiences.<ref name="MSC Works" />

''Sneaker Wave'' (2004) for the [[BBC National Orchestra of Wales]] was Talbot's second Proms commission, and also in that year, he was appointed [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]'s inaugural Composer-in-Residence, a project which involved the composition of one short piece for small ensemble per month and resulted in the album ''Once Around the Sun'' (2005 Sony BMG). In 2006, Talbot wrote the trumpet concerto ''Desolation Wilderness'' for soloist [[Alison Balsom]] and the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic]] and [[Turku Philharmonic Orchestra]]s. A third work for the Proms was Talbot's 2011 arrangement of [[Purcell]]'s Chacony in G Minor for the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]]. The next year, Talbot was commissioned by the [[Philharmonia Orchestra]] to write an eighth movement to [[Gustav Holst|Holst]]'s ''[[The Planets]]'', as part of their interactive installation ''Universe of Sound'' at the [[Science Museum, London]]. The work, entitled ''Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity'' premiered at [[Royal Festival Hall|The Royal Festival Hall]], London, in 2012, as part of the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] [[Cultural Olympiad#Cultural Olympiad|Cultural Olympiad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2434&State_2912=2&newsId_2912=2519|title=News - Joby Talbot's "Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity" - Music Sales Classical|website=Chesternovello.com|access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref>