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