legal protection enjoyed within straight marriages. 22 December – Amelle Berrabah joins the Sugababes, replacing founding member Mutya Buena who left on 21 December. Classical music Christian Forshaw – Mortal Flesh Alun Hoddinott – Celebration Fanfare (one-off composition for the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales) Karl Jenkins – Requiem: In These Horizons Stones Sing Peter Maxwell Davies Naxos Quartet No. 6 Naxos Quartet No. 7 John Tavener – Fragment for the Virgin, written for violinist Nicola Benedetti. Stephen Warbeck – Peter Pan (ballet) Ian Wilson – Sullen Earth (concerto) Musical films Mrs Henderson Presents, starring Judi Dench and Will Young Musical theatre 11 May – Billy Elliot the Musical, with music by Elton John, and book and lyrics by Lee Hall, is officially premièred at the Victoria Palace Theatre. October – Thalidomide!! A Musical, by Mat Fraser, is premièred at Battersea Arts Centre, London. Film scores Patrick Doyle – Nanny McPhee Nicholas Hooper – The Girl in the Café Joby Talbot – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Stephen Warbeck – Proof Deaths 1 January – Hugh Davies, composer and musicologist, 61 2 January – Bernard Barrell, musician, composer and teacher, 85 12 January – Ruth Packer, operatic soprano, 94 28 January – Jim Capaldi, drummer and vocalist, 60 29 January – Eric Griffiths, Welsh-Scottish guitarist (The Quarrymen), 64 30 January – Martyn Bennett, Scottish bagpiper, 33 (cancer) 6 February – David Measham, conductor, 67 18 February – Brian Cookman, musician, composer and artist, 58 (cancer) 28 February – Chris Curtis, drummer and vocalist, 63 6 March – Tommy Vance, DJ, 63 9 March Meredith Davies, conductor, 82 Kathie Kay, big band singer, 86 28 March – Moura Lympany, pianist, 88 21 April – Cyril Tawney, traditional singer, 74 18 June – Basil Kirchin, drummer and composer, 77 21 July Long John Baldry, R&B singer, 64 Michael Chapman, English bassoon player, 70 6 August – James Wilson, composer, 82 13 August – Arnold Cooke, composer, 98 15 September – Wilfrid Holland, pianist, conductor and composer, 85 5 November – Dennis Armitage, jazz pianist, saxophonist and painter, 77 26 November – Mark Craney, drummer (Jethro Tull, Jean-Luc Ponty), 53 3 December – Lance Dossor, pianist, 89 14 December – Gordon Duncan, bagpiper and composer, 41 17 December – Trevor Duncan, composer, 81 25 December Derek Bailey, guitarist, 75 Gladys Midgley, pianist, 94 date unknown – Philip Marshall, organist and composer,