Higgins, G

Here’s a debut album full of integrity and care. Lumas Winds is a group of five recent UK conservatoire graduates (lively biographies are available on their website), whose sparky playing lights... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)More…

The Tredegar Town Band revels [the Occasional Overture’s] winning combination of nonchalance and bustling virtuosity, its optimistic vision of post-war reconstruction complementing the often... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Throughout all the composers’ changing demands, the choir repays David Hill’s fastidious and disciplined direction with impressive precision and – when required – attack; and for those who have... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The dedication of the performers...and the clarity and immediacy of the recording, are all highly impressive. Those drawn to music whose contemporaneity does not exclude accessibility should... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2022More…

This is a diverse and highly engaging collection of works and, as Rambert’s musical director suggests, listeners should feel welcome to dance in response — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Much of the music here is meditative, counterbalanced by some more strenuous examples of modernism. — MusicWeb International, September 2017More…