Composers have been inspired by the sea for centuries. For some the stimulus is the sea’s volatility and power to destroy, whilst for others it’s the rhythmic and colouristic opportunities that allow them to paint pictures in sound. These composers take us on journeys both actual and metaphorical, discovering immensity and stillness, and hinting at mystery, and the unknowable chasms between the world of the human and the world of watery nature.

Artists

Lyon National Orchestra, Jun Märkl, フランス国立リヨン管弦楽団, Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), Francois-joel Thiollier, Joan Rodgers, Christopher Maltman, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Béla Bánfalvi, István Kassai (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, ロイヤル・スコティッシュ・ナショナル管弦楽団, Maria Larionoff, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Strings, English Northern Philharmonia, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones, James Judd, 準・メルクル, Simon Wright, Oliver von Dohnányi, Gerard Schwarz, Myer Fredman, Petri Sakari, Michael Halász