Edward McGuire

Scottish Music Centre

Edward McGuire - Catalogue

Catalogue


Clyde Built (2008)
 Programme Note available
Edward McGuire
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the Ulster Orchestra.
First performance:
Ulster Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, 15 Aug 2008

Work Details

Category: orchestra
Duration: 5'
Instrumentation: 2+11+11+11+1 4231 2 Perc Hp Str

SMC Holdings

   Score : unpublished / Location: ref library   [enquire]
   Recording BBC (off air recording) / location: sound archive - YELLOW [enquire]
Programme Note

From a dialogue of musical intervals and phrases, a new reel dance is fashioned and eventually 'launched' by the cellos. Clyde built was composed within earshot of ongoing shipbuilding on the River Clyde in Glasgow and honours that long tradition. It is dedicated to the last remaining independent shipbuilder there, Ferguson's.