Up by The Roots Huw Watkins, Paul Watkins, William Howard & Ulster Orchestra

• Piers Hellawell (b. 1956): Up by the Roots:
• 1 Up by the Roots: I. After the Bombed-Out Town 03:34
• 2 Up by the Roots: II. Listen - Breaking and Entering 04:50
• 3 Up by the Roots: III. What’s This Muttering 08:45
• Atria:
• 4 Atria: I. Leggierissimo, flessibile 01:22
• 5 Atria: II. Interlude 00:51
• 6 Atria: III. Pesante 03:00
• 7 Atria: IV. Interlude 01:11
• 8 Atria: V. Misterioso 05:09
• Ground Truthing:
• 9 Ground Truthing: I. Veloce 01:50
• 10 Ground Truthing: II. Vivo 05:30
• 11 Ground Truthing: III. Ruvido 07:30
• Piani, Latebre:
• 12 Piani, Latebre: I. Introduction 00:26
• 13 Piani, Latebre: II. Tude 02:39
• 14 Piani, Latebre: III. Impromptu 04:51
• 15 Piani, Latebre: IV. Ballade 06:03
• Wild Flow:
• 16 Wild Flow: I. Pesante - Vivo, molto animato 02:06
• 17 Wild Flow: II. Ritmico, meccanico 05:02
• 18 Wild Flow: III. Largamente 07:14
• 19 Wild Flow: IV. Molto veloce, leggierissimo 01:57
• 20 Wild Flow: V. Animato, vivace 03:15
• Total Runtime 01:17:05

Info for Up by The Roots

In a long and distinguished career, Piers Hellawell has produced a body of work characterised by boundless invention, genuine discovery and deep integrity. Here, with his second release on Delphian, his enduring creative partnerships – forged through nearly 40 years of composing – are reflected in music that combines arresting surface gestures and sounds with a powerful underlying vision, resulting in pieces that both encourage and reward repeated hearings.

Professor Piers Hellawell is Professor of Composition in the School of Arts, English and Languages in The Queen’s University of Belfast, where he has taught since 1981. His music is published by Edition Peters (London) Ltd.

Huw Watkins, piano
Paul Watkins, cello, conductor
William Howard, piano
Fidelio Trio & Sinead Morrissey
Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble
Ulster Orchestra

Richard Watkins
is one of the most sought- after horn players of his generation. He was Principal Horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra for twelve years, and is currently a member of the Nash Ensemble and a founder member of London Winds.

Richard has appeared at many of the world’s most prestigious venues in the UK, Europe and the USA, and has worked with conductors such as Giulini, Sawallisch, Salonen, Sinopoli, Rozhdestvensky, Sir Andrew Davis and Sir Mark Elder. In recital, he regularly performs with singers such as John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge and Mark Padmore, and with pianists Barry Douglas, Julius Drake, Paul Lewis, Roger Vignoles and Ian Brown.

Closely associated with promoting contemporary music for the horn, Richard has given premieres of concertos by Maxwell Davies, Osborne, Lindberg, Muldowney, LeFanu, and both Colin and David Matthews. Recent premieres have included Colin Matthews’ Horn Concerto and Trio, quintets by James MacMillan, David Matthews and Mark-Anthony Turnage, and trios by Huw Watkins, Alexander Goehr and Gerald Barry.

Richard Watkins has a long association with Aldeburgh Music, first performing Britten’s Serenade with Sir Peter Pears in 1983. Since then he has appeared regularly as soloist and recitalist, performing concertos by Colin Matthews and Oliver Knussen as well as Britten’s Serenade, Canticles and works for solo horn. He has been actively involved with the Britten-Pears School, coaching and giving master-classes. He has also recorded Britten’s Serenade with Allan Clayton and Aldeburgh Strings, and recently directed the inaugural Britten-Pears Brass Week.

Richard Watkins holds the Dennis Brain Chair of Horn Playing at the Royal Academy of Music, where he is also a Fellow. His extensive discography includes recordings of concertos by Mozart, Malcolm Arnold, Glière, Ethel Smyth and Colin Matthews, as well as Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante and chamber music for horn by Schumann, Schubert and Poulenc. Recent releases include the Britten Canticles with Mark Padmore (Wigmore Live), Edward Gregson’s Horn Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic (Chandos) and Alexander Goehr’s Largo Siciliano (NMC D187).

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