Pickard: Flight of Icarus (The) / The Spindle of Necessity / Channel Firing

Featuring

Martyn Brabbins
Christian Lindberg
Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
John Pickard

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Recording & Production

All works on this album were recorded in the presence of the composer, John Pickard, ensuring his direct involvement in the interpretations.

Performer Biography

Martyn Brabbins, the conductor, won first prize at the 1988 Leeds Competition and is known for his interpretations of Elgar, Britten, and Walton, as well as being a leading interpreter of contemporary music.

Performer Biography

Christian Lindberg was the first Swedish instrumentalist ever to perform with both the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The three works on this disc are not descriptive in the traditional sense, but are all built around extra-musical images that provide individual sound-worlds and narrative structures.

Performer Biography

The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1912, is considered one of Scandinavia's most exciting orchestras and has given numerous world premiere performances.

Composer Biography

John Pickard, born in 1963 in Lancashire, England, studied composition with William Mathias and Louis Andriessen, and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Bristol.

Performer Biography

Christian Lindberg, the trombonist and conductor on this album, was voted one of the five greatest brass players of the 20th century in an international poll in 2000, alongside figures like Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis.