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Piers Hellawell: Up By The RootsSUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO In a long and distinguished career, Piers Hellawell has produced a body of work characterised by boundless invention, genuine discovery and deep integrity. Here, with his second release on Delphian, his enduring creative partnerships forged through nearly 40 years of composing are reflected in music that combines arresting surface gestures and sounds with a powerful underlying vision, resulting in pieces that both

"A great disc featuring a choir of full bodied and talented individuals well worth seeking out

Recorded on 30 November and 1-2 December 2022 in Greyfriars Kirk

these include the aulos – a double-reed instrument played in pairs and often depicted as belonging to the retinue of the god Dionysus – and the hydraulis

poise and gravitas to these accounts

and his newly created music explores their uniquely expressive sounds in solo

She is completely inside this music

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I miss cathedral choirs singing the dramatic choral anthems from composers such as SS Wesley at Evensong

including a newly commissioned Stabat Mater by Gabriel Jackson

This is at times very challenging music which they bring off

His enjoyable organ solos further the impression the disc tends to give of bad boys on their best behaviour"

"The playing is gutsy

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