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3/7/2025, 15 Tracks, 1:12:50

BBC Music Magazine Awards Nominations 2026

Featuring

  • Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
  • Frédéric Chopin
  • Florence Beatrice Price
  • Margaret Allison Bonds
  • William Grant Still
  • Claude Debussy
  • Alexander Scriabin

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in London at St Jude-on-the-Hill between September 27-30, 2024.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Frédéric Chopin, a central figure in Jeneba Kanneh-Mason's repertoire, never composed any music that did not involve a piano.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is the fifth of seven siblings in the UK's Kanneh-Mason family, all of whom are musicians.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason aims to explore connections between composers on this album, whether they influenced each other or simply existed in resonance.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Margaret Bonds, an African-American composer featured on this album, was a pupil and friend of Florence Price, another African-American composer on the album.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason believes that music-making truly begins when a performer is completely immersed in the music, making it feel improvised.

Source: Booklet

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