All tracks on this album, except for tracks 5 and 8, are premiere recordings.
Performer Biography
Hebrides Ensemble, co-founded and led by cellist and conductor William Conway, is known for its flexible approach, drawing performers from outstanding musicians across the UK and beyond.
Recording & Production
This album is the fifth in a series of composer portrait albums released by Hebrides Ensemble in partnership with Delphian Records.
Performer Biography
Hebrides Ensemble made its debut appearance at the BBC Proms in 2018.
Album & Artwork
The cover image for the album features an engraving of the boreal constellation Ursa Minor from Johann Hevelius's 1690 work, Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uronographia.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Stuart MacRae deliberately attempts something new in each work, leading to diverse compositional approaches like monothematicism, through-composition, and 'moment' form.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mythical or quasi-mythical figures, many from Greek myth, recur throughout Stuart MacRae's work, including Prometheus, Narcissus, Daphne, and Macbeth, often united by their flaws.
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