Hess, Nigel - Ladies in Lavender (wband score/parts)

Set in a picturesque coastal Cornwall, in a tight-knit fishing village in the 1930s, Ladies in Lavender starred Judi Dench and Maggie Smith as sisters Ursula and Janet Widdington. A young Polish violinist from Krakow, Andrea, is swept overboard from a ship bound for America. When the sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of both Ursula and Janet, and the community in which they live. Nigel Hess is a multifaceted composer and conductor active mainly in the area of films, television and theatre. He studied music at Cambridge University, where he was Music Director of the Footlights Revue: from 1981–5 he served in the same role for the Royal Shakespeare Company, writing music for over twenty productions. His subsequent career includes music for many major films (notably Ladies in Lavender which includes the lovely Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra performed by violinist Joshua Bell with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) and television dramas (Maigret, Dangerfield, Wycliffe, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates), together with a growing catalogue of concert music including a Piano Concerto commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales and performed by international piano virtusos Lang Lang.

Ladies in Lavender (wband score/parts)