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Two Eardley Pictures
Orchestral work by Helen Grime
Two Eardley Pictures is a set of two orchestral compositions written in 2016 by the Scottish composer Helen Grime. It was inspired by two works by the British artist Joan Eardley, for which the music is named. The first piece "Catterline in Winter" was commissioned by the BBC and given its world premiere by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Dausgaard as part of the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 5 August 2016.[1] The second piece "Snow" was commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and also given its premiere at the Proms by the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland conducted by Ilan Volkov on 7 August 2016.[2][3] Two Earley Pictures won the prize for Large Scale Work at the 2017 Scottish Awards for New Music.[4]