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Higgins: Ekstasis

10/1/2021, 20 Tracks, 1:14:23

Featuring

  • David Cohen
  • Michael Trainor
  • Zara Benyounes
  • Tetsuumi Nagata
  • Jessie Ann Richardson
  • Darragh Morgan
  • Timothy Gill
  • Mary Dullea
  • Thomas Gould
  • Sara Roberts
  • Piatti Quartet
  • Fidelio Trio
  • Gavin Higgins

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Composer Biography

Gavin Higgins has received three commissions for the BBC Proms, including 'Velocity' which opened the Last Night of the Proms in 2014.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Gavin Higgins was the inaugural music fellow for the Rambert Dance Company in 2010, writing several ballet scores including 'What Wild Ecstasy' and 'Dark Arteries'.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Thomas Gould, a violinist on this album, performs on a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin made in 1782.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Gavin Higgins (b. 1983) is described as one of the most exciting and gifted compositional talents of his generation, with his work being called 'boldly imaginative' by The Times.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

David Cohen, a cellist on this album, plays on the 'Ex-Pergamenschikow' cello by Dominicus Montagnana, crafted around 1735.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

All pieces on this album are first recordings, meaning they have not been previously released.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Gavin Higgins comes from a long lineage of brass band musicians, having grown up in the Forest of Dean.

Source: Booklet

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