Helen Grime

Publisher: Chester Music

A Cold Spring (2009),

Commissioned by Aldeburgh Music with funds provided by the Sue Knussen Composers Fund and the following individuals through Birmingham Contemporary Music Group’s Sound Investment scheme:

Work Notes

Commissioned by Aldeburgh Music with funds from BCMG and Sue Knussen Trust for the BCMG conducted by Oliver Knussen.

Publisher

Chester Music Ltd

Category

Large Ensemble (7 or more players)

Year Composed

2009

Duration

10 Minutes

Orchestration

0.0+ca.2.1/1000/hp/str(1.0.1.1.1)

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Programme Note

Helen Grime A Cold Spring (2009),

A Cold Spring falls into three movements although these are played almost without a break. The first movement is fast-moving and features an exuberant duet for two clarinets. The second is a mini concerto for solo horn accompanied by the ensemble. More nocturnal in character, a repetitive rocking rhythm lends it a feel of a lullaby. The third movement opens with an energetic outburst for the whole group. Solos and duets are juxtaposed with the combined ensemble to create an impression of stark contrast.

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Performances

Date

Title

20 APR 2012

A Cold Spring

City Halls Glasgow, SCOTLAND
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor

Other Dates:
21 April - Queen’s Hall Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
20 JUN 2009

A Cold Spring World Premiere

Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, UK
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Oliver Knussen, conductor

Reviews

Grime counts Oliver Knussen among her mentors and shares his eloquence, but her palette is all her own, weaving evocative, restless motives with cool insistence. She writes as though her music needs to be told...

Kate Molleson, The Guardian,4/22/2012

A Cold Spring sounded as quietly distinctive as at its first outing at Aldeburgh last summer.

Andrew Clements, The Guardian,1/1/2010