Ed Hughes incorporates complex, chromatic note collections and harmonies that create a 'rippling' effect on an otherwise transparent harmonic discourse, similar to shifts of light and shadow on a walk.
Composer Biography
Ed Hughes, born in 1968 in the UK, is a Professor of Composition at the University of Sussex and has founded two ensembles: New Music Players and the Orchestra of Sound and Light.
Composition History
Ed Hughes was commissioned by the South Downs National Park Authority in 2021 to score a film celebrating the park's tenth anniversary, which became the first movement of his work Nonet.
Composition History
This album of new music by Ed Hughes is inspired by the South Downs, a range of chalk hills in south-east England.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Ed Hughes' music is built around the contemporary theme of contemplating landscape, suggesting music works like weather on a hilly walk in the South Downs.
Performer Biography
The Primrose Piano Quartet, formed in 2004, is named after the Scottish violist William Primrose and has released award-winning recordings, including the complete Brahms piano quartets recorded in Vienna.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ed Hughes views musical process as a journey, where features are repeated and varied, akin to walking where familiar sights are viewed from different approaches or under changing weather.
