Sawer: From Morning to Midnight Symphonic Suite

Featuring

Susanna Mälkki
Martyn Brabbins
Simon Blendis
Alexandra Wood
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
BBC Symphony Orchestra

David Sawer

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Composer's Artistic Vision

A constant feature of David Sawer's music is its clarity, with musical ideas precisely conceived and realized with fastidious craftsmanship.

Recording & Production

NMC Recordings, the label for this album, is a charitable company established by the Holst Foundation for recording contemporary music.

Performer Biography

Susanna Mälkki, the other conductor on this album, had a successful career as a cellist, serving as a principal cellist of the Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra before becoming a conductor.

Performer Biography

Martyn Brabbins, one of the conductors on this album, won first prize at the 1988 Leeds Competition and is known as a leading interpreter of contemporary works.

Compositional Technique

David Sawer's music often builds extended passages from the repetition or gradual transformation of small melodic fragments, driven by ingenious rhythms.

Recording & Production

This album was released with the support of NMC Friends, a program launched to provide long-term financial footing for NMC Recordings and support British contemporary music.

Composer Biography

David Sawer, the composer, received prestigious awards and fellowships early in his career, including a Fulbright-Chester-Schirmer Fellowship and a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award.