Work
Echelles de Glace
for orchestra
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About
Written in memory of musician David Heymann who died in a climbing accident on the Matterhorn, this short elegy for large orchestra is based on rising scales – the 'ice ladders' of its title.
Commissioned note
Commissioned by the Wellington Youth Orchestra
Dedication note
To the memory of David Bacharach Heymann
Contents note
Single movement
Performance history
03 Sep 1992: Performed by Wellington Youth Orchestra conducted by Philip Walsh at Wellington Town Hall.
07 Apr 1993: Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins as part of SOUNZ Orchestral, 7 April 1993
Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Philip Walsh and recorded at Symphony House, Wellington, New Zealand in December 1998
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