An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Featuring

Thea Musgrave
Gayle Hunnicutt
David Healy
Jake Gardner
Ed Bishop
Jonathan Morton

London Sinfonietta
Scottish Ensemble
Red Byrd
Fretwork

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Composer Biography

Thea Musgrave has received numerous accolades, including the Koussevitzky Award, two Guggenheim Fellowships, and an honorary CBE in 2002.

Composition History

Wild Winter I, a setting of poems about war, was commissioned by the Lichfield Festival and premiered in July 1993 at Lichfield Cathedral.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Thea Musgrave, the composer, consistently explores new ways to project dramatic situations in her music, often altering conventional instrumental performance boundaries.

Composer Biography

Thea Musgrave, a Scottish-American composer, studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris for four years and later became a guest professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Thea Musgrave sometimes incorporates spatial acoustics to enhance dramatic effect, such as moving the soloist or placing orchestral sections around the hall.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Thea Musgrave's three works on this album, 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge', 'Wild Winter I', and 'Green', all share the common subject of conflict.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Thea Musgrave's works are categorized into 'dramatic-abstract' pieces without programmatic content and those that project specific programmatic ideas, often extending concerto principles.