This album features ten works by nine living composers, all of which are world premiere recordings.
Performer Biography
Aleksandra Ivanova, the violist on this album, has performed with renowned musicians such as Maxim Vengerov, Yuri Bashmet, and Mischa Maisky.
Composer Biography
Scott Brickman, composer of the Suite for solo viola, is a cancer survivor and passionate about his Baltic and Slavic ancestry and culture.
Performer Biography
Aleksandra Ivanova is the first performer of several compositions by modern Belarusian composers.
Recording & Production
The recording for this album took place in Autumn 2023 at St. Trinity (St. Roch) Church in Minsk, Belarus.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Jerome de Bromhead, composer of The Silver Apples of the Moon, describes most of his recent music as 'living on the edge of tonality' and hopes for an audience with a 'high, but not deeply furrowed' brow.
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