Spiral
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- Album This song officially appears on the Working Classical Official album.
- Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 1995 (Paul McCartney was 53 years old)
Song facts
“Spiral” is a piece of classical music written by Paul McCartney and released in 1999 on Working Classical. From the liner notes of the album:
In comparison, Spiral is more impressionistic, much of it (despite some imposing climaxes along the way) heard as though through a heat haze. The haunting opening, featuring a solo flute memorably underpinned by a sustained chord in the strings, gradually fills out until the announcement of a little descending motif (B-A-G-E), which becomes increasingly important. The emergence of a string quartet from the orchestral texture momentarily threatens to destabilise the tonality, until the solo flute gently soothes the music’s troubled surface.
Last updated on May 13, 2018
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 1999
10:02 • Classical version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Executive producer
- Eddie Klein :
- Recording engineer
- Performed by :
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Keith Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Steve Rooke :
- Mastering
- John Fraser :
- Arranger, Producer
- Lawrence Foster :
- Conductor
- Richard Rodney Bennett :
- Orchestration
- Arne Akselberg :
- Balance engineer
- Paul Baily :
- Editor
- Caroline Haigh :
- Editor
- Session Recording:
- February 21-25th, 1999
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Something For The Weekend – Paul McCartney’s Glastonbury Groove
Official album • Released in 2004
8:36 • Studio version
Latest concerts where Spiral has been played
"Heart Strings" Benefit Concert
Sep 07, 2012 • USA • Pittsburgh • Heinz Hall
Nov 19, 1997 • Part of Standing Stone
"Standing Stone" world premiere
Oct 14, 1997 • Part of Standing Stone