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

• Piers Hellawell (b. 1956): Up by the Roots:
• 1Up by the Roots: I. After the Bombed-Out Town03:34
• 2Up by the Roots: II. Listen - Breaking and Entering04:50
• 3Up by the Roots: III. What’s This Muttering08:45
• Atria:
• 4Atria: I. Leggierissimo, flessibile01:22
• 5Atria: II. Interlude00:51
• 6Atria: III. Pesante03:00
• 7Atria: IV. Interlude01:11
• 8Atria: V. Misterioso05:09
• Ground Truthing:
• 9Ground Truthing: I. Veloce01:50
• 10Ground Truthing: II. Vivo05:30
• 11Ground Truthing: III. Ruvido07:30
• Piani, Latebre:
• 12Piani, Latebre: I. Introduction00:26
• 13Piani, Latebre: II. Tude02:39
• 14Piani, Latebre: III. Impromptu04:51
• 15Piani, Latebre: IV. Ballade06:03
• Wild Flow:
• 16Wild Flow: I. Pesante - Vivo, molto animato02:06
• 17Wild Flow: II. Ritmico, meccanico05:02
• 18Wild Flow: III. Largamente07:14
• 19Wild Flow: IV. Molto veloce, leggierissimo01:57
• 20Wild Flow: V. Animato, vivace03:15
• Total Runtime01:17:05

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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