Gavin Higgins

So thrilled to have won the Critics Circle Award this year - what a lovely thing! Congratulations to all the other winners

Thanks to Naga Munchetty for introducing my piece Cortège for a Coal mine on the 25 for 25 round up - rather nice hearing all the pieces next to each other. You can listen again on BBC Sounds.

Still reeling from that very special performance of Speak of the North at Aldeburgh Festival. Claire Booth, Chris Glynn & Tamsin Waley-Cohen absolutely knocking out of the park. I will not forget this anytime soon. Very happy composer!

Look north: composer Gavin Higgins on his new song cycle celebrating northerness From the high energy and high rises of Manchester to the wild beauties of the moors and mountains, the north of England has enriched and inspired Gavin Higgins. His newest work explores the idea – and...

My new song cycle Speak of the North premieres on Tuesday at Aldeburgh Festival and I wrote about it in the Guardian: you can read it here and then, even better, come and hear the piece in real life! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Lovely to be back with the #addtoplaylist team tonight on Radio 4. With Jeffrey, Anna, and the inimitable Claire Booth!

Thank you!

The brassy climax from my new piece Cortège for a Coal Mine, performed by BBC SO and Lee Reynolds. You can hear it every day this week on BBC Radio 3

Tune into radio 3 this morning 11:15 where I’ll be chatting with Tom Service about my new piece Cortège for a Coal Mine, recorded by BBCSO and Lee Reynolds - it gets quite brassy in the middle 😉

Lovely to be back with BBC Symphony Orchestra and Lee Reynolds today for the premiere of my Cortège for a Coal Mine. If you are at a loss in London the concert is @2:30 Maida Vale Studios, and it will be broadcast on Radio 3 on the 10th May - progray inclds Barber, John Adams, Gershwin and me!

Very happy to be featured in the Proms this year!

Nice to have book dedicated to you isn’t it? Huge congratulations to @francescasimon.bsky.social on the release of her new book Salka (inspired by our cantata, The Faerie Bride) - it’s a beautiful thing! @faberbooks.bsky.social

Thanks for the birthday message!

Dealing with my birthday hangover by hanging out with this complete babe!

Thought my ears were burning! @francescasimon.bsky.social talking about her new book Salka which is based on our cantata The Faerie Bride - it’s our now and it’s beautiful!

A Monstrous Little Suite premieres tonight in Cardiff and it’s sounding glorious! It’s been so long since the opera premiered back in 2019 and it’s delicious to be back in the world of Norse Gods! It’ll be on Radio 3 in Concert if you want to catch it!

It’s so nice to be back with BBC National Orchestra of Wales after all this time (nearly a year!) with Ryan Bancroft at the helm for the premiere of my A Monstrous Little Suite. Hope to see you there on Friday (Cardiff) or Saturday (Swansea) - it’s sounding very classy!

Album release day! The doggo thinks you should go take a listen! It’s on all streaming platforms (in 2 parts) and you can download or purchase from wherever you do that from! I’m very proud of this one, hope you enjoy listening!

Yea. Just the one track - but out officially tomorrow!

Higgins: Horn Concerto, The Faerie Bride (Lyrita) - MusicWeb International Recordings of Higgins's Horn Concerto and The Faerie Bride recorded by Lyrita

Lovely news to wake up to this morning: our new album is Music Web International’s Album Of The Month!! You can pre-save/pre-order now - officially released next week! Very happy composer! musicwebinternational.com/2025/01/higg...

First review is in for our new album and it’s lovely and thoughtful stuff from Arnold Whitall at Gramophone. It will be released 7th February but you can pre-order/pre-save now - a super star line up and it’s sounding very classy: lnk.fuga.com/bengoldschei...

Norwegian folk! My horn concerto is getting its Norwegian premiere this week in Oslo with the fabulous Ben Goldscheider and Norwegian Radio Orchestra. He’s very good - you should go! www.eventim-light.com/no/a/65fc4b1...

Spare a thought for Suella Braverman who just turned up, uninvited, with Laurence Fox to the inauguration… 😢

My Nan’s living room is a thing of wonder 😮

Poor little cone head … feeling very sorry for herself 😢

I would love anyone in politics (and everyone terminally online) to understand this point.

Merry Christmas from my dog who has insisted on hiding behind the tree all day

All the plaudits should go those brilliant young musicians

Classical music: Fiona Maddocks’s 10 best concerts and operas of 2024 A last-minute stand-in saves the day; an unusual artistic double act dazzles; plus, electrifying Strauss, Finnish firepower and high-flying Britten…

So thrilled to see the National Youth Orchestra and Brass Band of Great Britain’s performances of my Concerto Grosso are in the Observers top 10 performances of the year. We have some *very talented young musicians in the country! www.theguardian.com/music/2024/d...

The Idea of North: Grieg, Grainger and Gavin Higgins | Britten Pears Arts Main image: Bergen, Norway © Michael Fousert

My new (and first!) song cycle for Claire Booth, Chris Gylnn, and Tamsin Whaley-Cohen - Speak of the North - will premire at Aldeburgh Festival next year. Still a work in progress but it’s getting there! Anyone fancy a trip to the Maltings? www.brittenpearsarts.org/events/the-i...

Just remembering how, when I was young, I thought that Varèse was pronounced Vo-ru-say (the same way you’d pronounce Morrissey) 🫠