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Session Report: violinist Fenella Humphreys and composer Adrian Sutton on a new violin concerto

2024-10-11T08:48:00

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Being diagnosed with an incurable cancer spurred on War Horse composer Adrian Sutton to write a new violin concerto for Fenella Humphreys. Michael White hears from both composer and soloist about recording the work

Major works like violin concertos usually proceed from rough idea into recorded actuality with no great speed, but the concerto by British composer Adrian Sutton is different. Completed during 2023, it had its first performance in June of that year at the Southbank Centre, and was in the recording studio by the following January: a timetable driven by unwelcome news that chained Sutton’s life to a ticking clock…

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