The piece Sailing to Byzantium is written for five sizes of recorder, from tenor to garklein, and is a meditation on time and transcendence.
Recording & Production
The electronic arrangements for the tracks 'Burmese Memory' were created by Scott Taylor, best known as the guitarist of the rock band Then Jericho.
Performer Biography
Rachel Barnes, another recorder player, discovered her passion for performing contemporary repertoire at age 16 when introduced to Hans-Martin Linde's Music for a Bird by her teacher.
Compositional Technique
The Études de concert gradually and systematically spotlight conventional and extended techniques within familiar musical forms.
Performer Biography
Elizabeth Knatt, a recorder player on this album, was awarded the Rory Burcher Prize for the highest mark in Historical Performance for her Master's degree recital.
Composer's Artistic Vision
A strong influence on this album is the poetry of Irish writer and statesman William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), with the main work, Sailing to Byzantium, based on his eponymous poem.
Composer Biography
Brian Andrew Inglis, the composer, was a member of the electro-indie pop-rock band Hicks Milligan-Prophecy from 2003-2007.
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