Judith Weir CBE, composer and Master of the Queen’s Music, had several kind words to say about this new disc: she found that ‘all the works in this rich collection … surge forward with textural warmth and harmonic continuity. This is music for walkers, and people who love the earth’. Featuring performances by the New Music Players and the Primrose Piano Quartet, the album of new music comes after two soundwalks Hughes created for the Echoes Interactive Soundwalks App (‘The Cuckmere Soundwalk’ and ‘Brighton Festival Ditchling Museum Music Trail’). Indeed, Hughes was commissioned by the South Downs National Park Authority in 2021 to complete a score to a new film by Sam Moore, ‘South Downs: A Celebration’, to mark the National Park’s tenth anniversary, and this music became the first movement of one of the album's works, Nonet.
UYMP are always pleased to see (and hear!) new recordings of our composers' works, and this disc is no exception. Bring on the 10th June!
CD available here: https://divineartrecords.com/?p=17977