Sally Beamish_Whitescape_EP72910_Score

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BEAMISH Whitescape for Orchestra

Score

EP 72910

SALLY BEAMISH

Whitescape for Orchestra

Score

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INSTRUMENTATION 2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo) 2 Oboes (2nd doubling Cor Anglais) 2 Clarinets (2nd doubling Bass Clarinet)* 2 Bassoons (2nd doubling Contrabassoon) 2 Horns* 2 Trumpets Percussion (2 players): Crotales Bass Drum Glockenspiel Triangle Xylophone 5 Temple Blocks Pestle and Mortar Vibraphone Suspended Cymbal 5 Tom toms Upright Piano with front removed strings and soundboard to be played with a ‘super-ball’ mounted on a flexible stick (i.e. wooden skewer or sim.)

Strings

*Score in C

Jointly commissioned by the Swedish and Scottish Chamber Orchestras with financial assistance from the Kulturrâdet and the Scottish Arts Council

First performance given by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in Örebro Concert Hall on 1st Matrch 2001 directed by Thomas Dausgaard

First UK performance given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Inverness Eden Court Theatre on 18th April 2001 Conducted by Thomas Dausgaard

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Sally Beamish

Photo © Ashley Coombes

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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