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19 May 2024
Judith Weir: ‘I was nearly always the
token woman’
The composer is standing down after serving as Master of the Queen’s Music
— and the King’s, too. Who should take her place?
Judith Weir: “Women composers were so rare, people felt there was something a bit odd about them”
JACK LAWSON FOR THE TIMES
Richard Morrison
Sunday May 19 2024, 6.00pm, The Times
Uncharacteristically for a composer who will talk genially about all sorts of subjects
except herself, Judith Weir is taking stock of her life. It’s appropriate. This month she turned 70.
This summer she will give up what she describes as the “rather Ruritanian title” she has held for
the past ten years: Master of the King’s (formerly Queen’s) Music. The King is already in the
