Lures for Feeling: Piano Music of Richard Elfyn Jones

Featuring

Christopher Williams
Richard Elfyn Jones

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Composer's Artistic Vision

The album's subtitle, 'Lures for Feeling', comes from philosopher Alfred North Whitehead's idea that the actual world is an 'aesthetic order derived from the immanence of God'.

Performer Biography

Christopher Williams, the pianist, is a staff pianist for both the BBC National Chorus of Wales and BBC National Orchestra of Wales, performing at the BBC Proms.

Performer Biography

Christopher Williams, the pianist, has released three acclaimed albums of world premiere recordings by the composer Semyon Barmotin.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Richard Elfyn Jones, the composer, initially claimed his compositional process was abstract, but now acknowledges that most pieces on this album have programmatic titles.

Composer Biography

Richard Elfyn Jones, the composer, was head of composition at the School of Music, Cardiff University, until his retirement.

Composer Biography

Richard Elfyn Jones, the composer, has written four books on 20th-century music, including 'The Early Operas of Tippett', and papers on metaphysical aesthetics.