Harrison Birtwistle, ‘giant’ of contemporary classical music, dies aged 87

Harrison Birtwistle | Biography, Music, Punch and Judy, Gawain, The Mask of Orpheus, The Minotaur, & Facts | Britannica

THE MASK OF ORPHEUS music: Harrison Birtwistle libretto: Peter Zinovieff conductor: Martyn Brabbins set design: Lizzie Clachan costumes: Daniel Lismore lighting & video design: Peter Mumford choreographer: Barnaby Booth director: Daniel Kramer Peter Hoare (Orpheus the Man) with 3 Women (nurses): Charlotte Shaw, Katie Coventry, Katie Stevenson English National Opera (ENO), London Coliseum, WC2 18/10/2019 Stock Photo - Alamy

Harrison Birtwistle — Jane Manning • Alan Hacker • The Matrix • London Sinfonietta Conducted By David Atherton - Nenia: The Death Of Orpheus • The Fields Of Sorrow • Verse For Ensembles

Our #TrackOfTheWeek is Harrison Birtwistle's "Placid Mobile," a piece for 36 muted trumpets that recently had its premiere recording released by trumpet soloist Andrew Kozar. "Conceived in a fanfare mold, the piece nevertheless possesses a depth, due to its rich harmonic material, that far surpasses most incarnations of the form. Beginning with antiphonal calls and responses between unison pitches and dense, closely spaced chords, the piece develops around the expansion of towering chords, accor

Harrison Birtwistle, an influential English composer, has died at age 87

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