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Gavin Higgins: Cortege For A Coal Mine (2024) - Study Score [for Orchestra]

Gavin Higgins

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Format: BK

Cat No: NMP1368

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Release Date:  02 January 2026

Label:  Nimbus Music Publishing

Packaging Type:  Paper Back Book

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  9790708229186

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Gavin Higgins

  • Description

    Cortege for a Coal Mine was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to mark a quarter century of the broadcaster. The UK was once full of thriving mining towns but in 2017, the last deep coal mine in the UK - Kellingley Colliery in Yorkshire - was closed, marking the end of a long and proud working-class culture. This work takes the form of a passacaglia - a slow, solemn procession built on a repeated bass line whilst a melody is developed above. Beginning and ending with a solo flugelhorn - a nod to the brass bands that grew and developed across the UK's coal-fields - I see the work as a funeral march for the communiGes and music that were formed alongside Britain's coal pits and collieries, which have been neglected by successive governments.