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Dark Arteries to gain Nordic premiere

The brass band ballet score to 'Dark Arteries' will be premiered by Manger Musikklag at the prestigious BrassWind Festival in Bergen in September.

Dark Arteries
  Ballet and brass together in Bergen as Dark Arteries gains Nordic premiere

The brass band score to the ground breaking 'Dark Arteries' ballet production will be featured in a performance by Manger Musikklag at the prestigious BrassWind Festival in Norway in September.

Milestone

Directed by Peter Szilvay it will mark yet another milestone in the continued success of the composition by Gavin Higgins which has made such an artistic impact since its premiere by Rambert Ballet and Tredegar Band at Sadler's Wells in 2015.

Tour

The production gained widespread critical acclaim on its subsequent UK tour, with performances backed by the likes of Fairey, Whitburn and Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Bands, and the ballet will once again take to the stage when it will be performed in Wales, accompanied by Tredegar Band in November.

The BrassWind Festival (30th September) has long been seen as one of the leading contemporary music events in Scandinavia.

New premiere

This year's event will also see the world premiere, performed by Manger, of a work for solo violin and brass band entitled, 'Breathe Not a Word', by Spanish composer and violinist Ricardo Odriozola, who has been a teacher at the prestigious Grieg Academy in Bergen for over 25 years.

He has been a leading voice among the younger generation composers for some years now, and we are delighted to be able to feature such an important work at the festival Festival Artistic Director, Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

Leading voice

Festival Artistic Director, Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen told 4BR: "This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the fantastic music of Gavin Higgins.

He has been a leading voice among the younger generation composers for some years now, and we are delighted to be able to feature such an important work at the festival alongside other notable compositions from the likes of Ricardo."

Further details of the BrassWind Festival will be published on 4BR.

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