How can the works of women composers be brought to life? Bring them out of oblivion, and then what? This is the question posed by the Trio SR9 in ‘Venus Rising’.

Their answer is provided by Canadian singer Kyrie Kristmanson. Interweaving their singular musical worlds, they bring together and assemble works by Rebecca Clarke, Pauline Viardot and Hildegard von Bingen, as well as Harriett Abrahms, Germaine Tailleferre and Kate Bush.

Arranged specially for this disc, they engage in a dialogue with each other through four compositions by Kyrie Kristmanson, creating a narrative that traverses the themes of love, contemplation and desire with unparalleled freedom.