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Home > Gavin Higgins: New Music 20×12

Gavin Higgins: New Music 20×12

For:

What Wild Ecstasy

Commissioned by:

Rambert Dance Company

Event date:

15th-19th February 2012 / 15-19th May 2012

Tickets:

www.boxofficeaberdeen.com / www.sadlerswells.com

Find out more by visiting:

www.gavinhiggins.com/

In 2012 Rambert Dance Company will stage a newly commissioned work of music and dance which celebrates the centenary of Nijinsky’s ballet, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune. A new ballet, What Wild Ecstasy, by Mark Baldwin will reference the classical origins of Nijinsky’s piece in an entirely new way. Gavin Higgins’ new score will form a response to Debussy’s masterpiece and, in the composer’s words, “be a testosterone fuelled work exploring a darker side of the Faun’s sensual character.” This new work of music for dance will take Debussy’s harmonic palette as a starting point and create a partner to the re-scored original which will provide the musical underpinning of the work. Gavin Higgins is a remarkable young composer who is Rambert’s first Music Fellow. His new work for New Music 20×12 will be performed by Rambert Orchestra on Rambert’s tour throughout 2012 and 2013 in venues up and down the UK.

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