Luke Bedford
*25.04.1978

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Luke Bedford
Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale | for solo violin, solo viola and 15 players

Work Details
Year of composition: 2011
Scored for: for solo violin, solo viola and 15 players
Composer: Luke Bedford
Soloinstruments/Soloists: violin; viola
Instrumentation: 0 2 0 0 - 2 0 0 0, vln(6), va(2), vc(2), kb
Instrumentation details: 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 1st violin; 2nd violin; 3rd violin; 4th violin; 5th violin; 6th violin; 1st viola; 2nd viola; 1st violoncello; 2nd violoncello; double bass
Commissioned by: The Scottish Ensemble
With support from
Britten-Pears Foundation
PRS for Music Foundation
Duration (min): 14
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World Première
Location: Inverness / Great Britain
Date: 17.02.2012
Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble
Main Soloists: Jonathan Morton, vln; Lawrence Power, vla
Work Introduction

The title is taken from a 19th century poster advertising a pair of singing conjoined-twins: Millie and Christine McCoy. They were born in slavery in 1851, sold to a showman, and yet managed to escape the fate of many performers at freak shows and built a relatively normal life for [...]

Reviews

Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale

Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale, a new double concerto by British composer Luke Bedford, is a bold, dense and arresting blast of a composition – a work that forcefully reiterates Bedford’s voice and brilliantly showcased its fine set of players.” (Kate Molleson, The Guardian)

“The [...]

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