Musgrave: Memento vitae, Helios, Night Music & The Seasons

Featuring

Jac van Steen
Nicholas Kraemer
Nicholas Daniel
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Thea Musgrave

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Performer Biography

Nicholas Daniel, the oboist, won the BBC's prestigious Young Musician of the Year competition at the age of 18.

Composer Biography

Thea Musgrave, the composer, studied at Edinburgh University and later with Nadia Boulanger at the Paris Conservatoire.

Recording & Production

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, featured on this album, has an impressive catalogue of recordings, including Mozart operas and a Grammy-nominated set of Brahms symphonies.

Performer Biography

Nicholas Kraemer, one of the conductors on this album, contributed as Baroque Music Director to the feature film 'The Madness Of King George'.

Recording & Production

NMC's 'Ancora' series re-releases significant recordings that have disappeared from view, combining them with new material.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Thea Musgrave aims to 'explore dramatic-abstract musical forms,' which are dramatic in presentation but abstract in content, extending the concerto principle.