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.
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Augusta Read Thomas
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Richard Blackford
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Gavin Higgins
![Gavin Higgins - Gavin Higgins: Ekstasis [for string sextet] - NMP1321](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708219712.jpg?v=1765961184&width=700)
Gavin Higgins
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Augusta Read Thomas
![Gavin Higgins - Gavin Higgins: Four Faerie Folk Songs (2025) [for female voice and piano] - NMP1353](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708229032.jpg?v=1764148094&width=700)
Gavin Higgins
![Gavin Higgins - Gavin Higgins: Drop Dead (2008) [for soprano saxophone or clarinet] - NMP1330](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708219804.jpg?v=1764148091&width=700)
Gavin Higgins
![Gavin Higgins - Gavin Higgins: Cruelty Has A Human Heart (2020) - Vocal Score [for chorus (SATB), piano & cello] - NMP1349](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708219996.jpg?v=1764148086&width=700)
Gavin Higgins
Gavin Higgins
Gavin Higgins
Gavin Higgins
Gavin Higgins
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Gavin Higgins
Gavin Higgins
Piatti Quartet/Fidelio Trio
![Gavin Higgins - Gavin Higgins: Cortege for a Coal Mine (2024) - Study Score [for orchestra] - NMP1368](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708229186.jpg?v=1760957493&width=1200)
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