PRELUDES by Edmund Finnis
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
featured on the album, SONG
released 9th September 2022
DECCA
PRELUDES
appears cd
THE CENTRE IS EVERYWHERE
THE CENTRE IS EVERYWHERE
by Edmund Finnis
Manchester Collective
Bedroom Community
“…the haunting, iridescent work by Edmund Finnis at the centre of this compelling release celebrating five years of Manchester Collective. Commissioned by the ensemble and scored for 12 string players, the piece has an ageless, ancient-yet-modern quality: like a shimmering ghost of Lawes’ viol consorts, a fine latticework of line and colour is viewed through a kaleidoscope of grainy harmonies and whistling white noise. The twin push-pull of emotion and texture encapsulates a performance ethos that extends to the contrasting works either side, uniting them across supposed aesthetic distance.”
★★★★★ BBC Music Magazine
“a bewitching piece for 12 string players ”
Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian
LINES CURVED RIVERS MIRRORED
LINES CURVED RIVERS MIRRORED by Edmund Finnis
Liam Byrne, bass viol
featured on the album, CONCRETE
Bedroom Community
ELSEWHERE
ELSEWHERE by Edmund Finnis
Daniel Pioro, violin
featured on the album, DUST
Bedroom Community
“absolutely remarkable”
Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music
Panufnik Variation No.10
Edmund Finnis : Panufnik Variation No.10
London Symphony Orchestra
LSO Live
“My absolute favourite of all of them was the ravishing Variation No.10 by Edmund Finnis…wonderful”
BBC Radio 3