Bennett, David Bedford, Richard Stoker, Clive Strutt, John Tavener and Brian Ferneyhough. Ferneyhough felt that he learned nothing from Berkeley because of the gap between their musical conceptions, remembering him as "a notably urbane and well-meaning presence" whose "Nadia Boulenger influenced gallic aesthetics were completely unable to deal with my compositional needs." 1954 saw the premiere of his first opera, Nelson, at Sadler's Wells. He was knighted in 1974 and from 1977–83 was President of the Cheltenham Festival. He resided at 8 Warwick Avenue, London, from 1947 until his death in 1989. On 20 March 1990 a memorial service was held for him at Westminster Cathedral, London. Honours 1983 : Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. Musical style Berkeley's earlier music is broadly tonal, influenced by the neoclassical music of Stravinsky.He is also well-known for his STABAT choir works. Berkeley's contact and friendship with composers such as Ravel and Poulenc and his studies in Paris with Boulanger lend his music a 'French' quality, demonstrated by its "emphasis on melody, the lucid textures and a conciseness of expression". He maintained a negative view of atonal music at least up until 1948, when he wrote: However, from the mid-1950s, Berkeley apparently felt a need to revise his style of composition, later telling the Canadian composer, R. Murray Schafer that "it's natural for a composer to feel a need to enlarge his idiom." He started including tone rows and aspects of serial technique in his compositions around the time of the Concertino, op. 49 (1955) and the opera Ruth (1955-6). His shift in opinion was demonstrated in an interview with The Times in 1959: Works Opera Nelson, (1951) A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 (1954) Ruth, Op. 50 (1955–6) Castaway, Op. 68 (1967) Faldon Park, (1979–85). Incomplete. Orchestral Mont Juic, suite of Catalan dances, Op. 9 (written jointly with Benjamin Britten) Serenade, for string orchestra (1938–9) Symphony No. 1 (1936–40) Divertimento (1943) Piano Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 29 (1947–8) Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 30 (1948) Symphony No. 2 (1958, revised 1976) Symphony No. 3, in one movement (1968–9) Sinfonia Concertante, for oboe and chamber orchestra (1972–3) Voices of the Night, Op. 86 (1973) Guitar Concerto, Op. 88 Symphony No. 4 (1977–8) Choral A Festival Anthem, Op. 21, No. 2 (1945) Crux fidelis, Op. 43, No. 1 (1955) I sing of a maiden (1966)