Higgins: Ekstasis / Fidelio Trio

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Label
Nimbus
Release Date
October 1, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HIGGINS, GAVIN
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2021
    • UPC
      0710357642128
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NI6421
    • LABEL
      Nimbus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Dolomites, Cable Car

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Piatti Quartet

      Performer: David Cohen

    2. II. Les mées

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Piatti Quartet

      Performer: David Cohen

    3. III. Kamiokande

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Piatti Quartet

      Performer: David Cohen

    4. IV. Utah

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Piatti Quartet

      Performer: David Cohen

    5. V. Kathedrale

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Piatti Quartet

      Performer: David Cohen

    6. I. Ballroom, Lee Plaza Hotel

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Fidelio Trio

    7. II. Car, Michigan Theatre

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Fidelio Trio

    8. III. Piano, St. Albertus School

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Fidelio Trio

    9. No. 1. Dacw 'nghariad i

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Performer: Thomas Gould

    10. No. 2. Hob y deri dando

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Performer: Thomas Gould

    11. No. 3. Pwsi meri mew

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Performer: Thomas Gould

    12. No. 4. Tros y garreg

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Performer: Thomas Gould

    13. No. 5. Y pren ar y bryn

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Performer: Thomas Gould

    14. No. 6. Beth yw'r haf I mi

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Performer: Thomas Gould

    15. No. 7. Y saith gysgadur (dadl dau)

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Performer: Thomas Gould

    16. I. Palms rise to the universe

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Piatti Quartet

      Performer: Sara Roberts, David Cohen

    17. II. Sweat

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Piatti Quartet

      Performer: Sara Roberts, David Cohen

    18. III. We turn to the gods and are torn apart

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Piatti Quartet

      Performer: Sara Roberts, David Cohen

    19. IV. Meditation

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Piatti Quartet

      Performer: Sara Roberts, David Cohen

    20. V. This he plunged into my heart

      Composer: Gavin Higgins

      Ensemble: Piatti Quartet

      Performer: Sara Roberts, David Cohen


Gavin Higgins (b. 1983) is one of the most exciting and gifted compositional talents of his generation, described as ‘boldly imaginative’ (Times) and ‘a talent to watch’ (New York Times). From a long lineage of brass band musicians, Higgins was born in Gloucestershire and grew up in the Forest of Dean. He studied French horn at Chetham’s School of Music and composition at The Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal College of Music. In 2010 he became the inaugural music fellow for the Rambert Dance Company writing a number of daring ballet scores including What Wild Ecstasy (2012) which was shortlisted for a British Composer Award; and the ground-breaking Dark Arteries (2015) which was shortlisted for a Royal Philharmonic Award and a British Composer Award. His work has been commissioned by some of the UK’s leading festivals, including three commissions for the BBC Proms: Der Aufstand (2012), Rough Voices (2020) and the ‘fast, exciting and brilliantly scored’ (Telegraph) Velocity which opened the Last Night of the Proms (2014). In 2019 his first opera, The Monstrous Child, commissioned by the Royal Opera House, opened to critical acclaim, being described as ‘a triumph’ (Guardian). In 2020 Higgins was appointed Composer-in-Association with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.