Artists
- Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
- Huw Watkinspiano
- Oliver Knussenconductor
Archived Event
Helen Grime, Carter, Boulez and Maxwell Davies
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Huw Watkins; Oliver Knussen
- Date
- Fri 03 Mar 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Elliott Carter1908-2012
- Canon for 4 - Homage to William
- Pierre Boulez1925-2016
- Dérive 1
- Peter Maxwell Davies1934-2016
- Unbroken Circle Op. 115
- Helen Grimeb. 1981
Interval
- Helen Grimeb. 1981
- A Cold Spring
- Elliott Carter1908-2012
- Triple Duo
Overview
Helen Grime’s first commission as WigmoreHall Composer in Residence, conceivedas a vehicle for her husband Huw Watkins,occupies the heart of a programmehallmarked by musical interplay and dialogue.
Oliver Knussen and BCMG gave the premièreof Grime’s A Cold Spring in 2009 and presentits three movements in tandem with ElliottCarter’s Triple Duo, written in 1982 for threepairs of instruments.
Wigmore Hall’s Composer in Residence is supported by The Marchus Trust