Eric Biddington
was born in Timaru, New Zealand in 1953, and received his schooling in Timaru and Christchurch. Upon leaving school, he began part-time work as a laborer and studied at the University of Canterbury, although this was interrupted by illness in 1974. In 1979 he returned to study, laboring work, and musical composition and graduated with degrees in music, arts, and science. Despite suffering from schizophrenia and depression since his teenage years, Biddington has become a prolific and widely performed composer. Now living in Hillmorton, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand on Torrens Road with his cat Meg, Biddington continues to inject anecdotes of his personal life into his thoughtfully crafted compositions.Biddington gratefully acknowledges the contributions of Rupert Bond as editor of the scores and conductor of the orchestra, the talented members of the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra for their fine performances, and the skills of the sound engineers and John Neill toward the production of this recording. “Dedicated, with all my love, to my dear wife Elizabeth Ann Biddington (1943-2020).