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Piers Hellawell: Up By The Roots
Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (piano), William Howard (piano), Fidelio Trio, Hard Rain Ensemble, Ulster Orchestra
Awards:
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
There's a 20-minute orchestral piece, Wild Flow, but the others are chamber-scaled. The title piece, a melodrama to poems about the plight of migrants, read by the author Sinéad Morrissey, does,...
Piers Hellawell: Up By The Roots
Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (piano), William Howard (piano), Fidelio Trio, Hard Rain Ensemble, Ulster Orchestra
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Awards:
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
There's a 20-minute orchestral piece, Wild Flow, but the others are chamber-scaled. The title piece, a melodrama to poems about the plight of migrants, read by the author Sinéad Morrissey, does,...
About
In a long and distinguished career, Piers Hellawell has produced a body of work characterised by boundless invention, genuine discovery and deep integrity. Here, with his second release on Delphian, his enduring creative partnerships – forged through nearly 40 years of composing – are reflected in music that combines arresting surface gestures and sounds with a powerful underlying vision, resulting in pieces that both encourage and reward repeated hearings.
Professor Piers Hellawell is Professor of Composition in the School of Arts, English and Languages in The Queen’s University of Belfast, where he has taught since 1981. His music is published by Edition Peters (London) Ltd.
Contents and tracklist
- Fidelio Trio
- Hard Rain Ensemble
Awards and reviews
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The Times Records of the Year2020
17th May 2020
There's a 20-minute orchestral piece, Wild Flow, but the others are chamber-scaled. The title piece, a melodrama to poems about the plight of migrants, read by the author Sinéad Morrissey, does, though invest its piano-trio medium with tremendous force.
