Gavin Higgins (born 1983)
Britten Sinfonia and conductor Tess Jackson perform music by anniversary composer Arvo Pärt, Sibelius, Gavin Higgins and Mozart. With soloists Zoë Beyers and Miranda Dale.
Jean Sibelius: Rakastava
Arvo Pärt: Tabula rasa
Gavin Higgins: Rough Voices*
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No.39 in E-flat
Zoë Beyers (violin/director)
Miranda Dale (violin)
Britten Sinfonia
Tess Jackson*
Young love proclaims itself in Sibelius’s ravishing Rakastava. Arvo Pärt’s cult concerto for two violins Tabula rasa redefines sound, silence and the relationship between them, while Gavin Higgins’s Rough Voices responds to the pandemic with a musical protest, giving voice to the most vulnerable. The first of Mozart’s last three symphonies is part of a glittering final flourish in his career.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002h7st