Sally Beamish_The Caledonian Road_EP72914_Score

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BEAMISH The Caledonian Road for Orchestra

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EP 72914

SALLY BEAMISH

The Caledonian Road for Orchestra

Full Score

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INSTRUMENTATION

2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo) 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in B2 Bassoons 2 Horns 2 Trumpets Percussion (1 or 2 players): Crotales Suspended Cymbal Marimba Tubular Bells Clash Cymbals 5 Tom toms Chocolo (Mexican Bean Shaker)

Harp Strings

Score in C

Commissioned by the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra and Glasgow Caledonian University with subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council First performance on 13th June 1998 at The City Hall, Glasgow

by The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra Conducted by Peter Jones

PROGRAMME NOTE The title has a double significance for me. I was brought up in Islington, North London, and our nearest shops were in the Caledonian Road (or the ‘Cally’ as it was known locally). Trips to spend pocket money, to the pet shop, the swimming baths, and later to the station to get to school, all centred around the Cally.

It only struck me recently that this was in fact the road north; the road to Scotland.

In 1997 I wrote a short horn trio using fragments from the St Andrews Music Book, and sounds of ancient bells and horns. In Caledonian Road I have developed this material further; using variation form marked by bell-like resonances within an orchestral texture, and exploring the open intervals of horn calls and plain chant.

This piece is on the one hand a tapestry inspired by the rich spiritual heritage of Scotland, and on the other a reference to my own musical pilgrimage along the ‘Caledonian Road’.

The work was commissioned by the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra and Glasgow Caledonian University with subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council.

The composer gratefully acknowledges generous assistance from the Scottish Arts Council and the Hinrichsen Foundation towards the preparation of performing material.

Sally Beamish

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Photo © Ashley Coombes

Sally Beamish Sally Beamish (b. 1956) studied viola at the Royal Northern College of Music before focusing on composition and moving to Scotland, where she lived for many years. Her music embraces many influences, particularly jazz and Scottish traditional music, and she has written for numerous soloists including Steven Isserlis, James Crabb, Håkan Hardenberger, Branford Marsalis and Tabea Zimmermann. Her string quartet for the Elias Quartet, Reed Stanzas, received its premiere at the 2011 BBC Proms and won a Royal Philharmonic Society Award. In 2018 Beamish was awarded the British Composer Award for Inspiration in recognition of her long and distinguished career.

Sally Beamish (*1956) studierte zunächst Viola am Royal Northern College of Music, ehe sie sich der Komposition zuwandte und nach Schottland zog, wo sie viele Jahre lang lebte. Ihre Musik vereint vielfältige Einflüsse, insbesondere aus dem Jazz und der schottischen Volksmusik. Sie schuf zahlreiche Werke für Solisten wie Steven Isserlis, James Crabb, Håkan Hardenberger, Branford Marsalis und Tabea Zimmermann. Ihr Streichquartett Reed Stanzas für das Elias Quartet wurde 2011 bei den BBC Proms uraufgeführt und mit einem Royal Philharmonic Society Award ausgezeichnet.

In Anerkennung ihrer langen und erfolgreichen Laufbahn wurde Beamish im Jahr 2018 der British Composer Award für Inspiration verliehen.

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