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composer: Gavin Bryars
text writer: Edwin Morgan

for solo piano, male choir (TTBB, 18 voices) and orchestra

texts by Edwin Morgan

Commissioned work: Commissioned by Dutch Public Broadcaster NPS and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Ltd.
Premiere: February 19, 2010 Utrecht, Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn (NL) · Ralph van Raat, piano · Conductor: Otto Tausk · Radio Kamer Filharmonie · Cappella Amsterdam
Orchestra instrumentation: 2(2.pic).0.1.bcl.1.cbsn-4.0.2.1-timp.2perc(glsp, vib [with bows], sus cym, tam-t, b.d)-hp-str(12.10.8.6.4)
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 25' 0''
Year of composition: 2009
Language: English
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Gavin Bryars has for many years shied away from writing for piano, indeed there are only a smattering of works in his catalogue for the instrument. So for him to embark upon his first piano concerto in his 60s was a major undertaking. The technical brilliance and inquisitive mind of the Dutch pianist Ralph van Raat however convinced Bryars that he should take the plunge and add his own addition to the genre. Jointly commissioned by the Borletti Buitoni Trust and Dutch Public Broadcaster NPS, the work focuses on the melodic line and sonorous qualities of the piano with the soloist imbedding himself into the orchestral texture. Taking the lead from Busoni, Bryars also includes a male-voice choir in the work who sing settings of Scottish poet Edwin Morgan.

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Gavin Bryars · Piano Concerto (The Solway Canal) (2011)

Gavin Bryars

Ralph van Raat, piano; Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic; Cappella Amsterdam; Otto Tausk, conductor
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