Nicola LeFanu: The Crimson Bird Reynish; Timothy CeReNeM for Huddersfield Contemporary Records

CeReNeM for Huddersfield Contemporary Records (HCR) in collaboration with NMC Recordings

all of whom are experienced in playing folk music

Mia Cooper

This recording has been made with the generous support of the Britten-Pears Foundation

"The album offers an intriguing mix of inspirations

Nicola LeFanu: The Crimson Bird Reynish; Timothy CeReNeM for Huddersfield Contemporary RecordsRelease Date: 25 September 2020 Here, for the first time together, are four of Nicola LeFanus remarkable orchestral landscapes, written over a 45 year period. They are hidden and revelatory, imagined and remembered, liminal and arcadian, raw and sophisticated. Of all the works in her prolific output (including operas, music theatre, chamber works, songs) it is perhaps in these large scale orchestral pieces that LeFanus exploratory spirit stands out