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Session Report: Timothy Ridout on recording a new solo album

31 January 2025

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As violist Timothy Ridout makes his first foray into recording alone, he and his producer Andrew Keener tell Davina Shum about the process of setting down music by Bach, Britten, Shaw and Telemann

The church of St Silas the Martyr feels like a welcome oasis amid the throngs of people in north London’s Kentish Town on the first properly sunny day of May 2024. This isolated venue is where violist Timothy Ridout is recording his latest album. Ridout has an extensive recording output already at the age of only 29…

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