Blue-Green Hill

Score title

Blue-Green Hill

Composer

Judith Weir

More about the composer

Judith Weir

Date

2013

Instrumentation

Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano

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Program note

Flute doubling alto flute

Blue-Green Hill is a three-part suite in which several original melodies (suggested by the twists and turns of Scottish fiddle tunes) are transformed through continuous variation into increasingly complex textures.

Commissioned by Boston Musica Viva (Richard Pittman, Music Director), with support from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music and members of the Boston Musica Viva Commission Circle:

Ridgely Duvall
Marilyn Bone Kloss
John and Elizabeth Loder

First performance on 24th March 2013, at the Tsai Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts by Boston Musica Viva conducted by Richard Pittman.