The third album from the Hermes Experiment again shows what a liberating force in contemporary music this ensemble have become… The question is no longer why composers would choose to write for this quirky combo, it’s why they would feel their music needed anything else.

Beautifully thought through and rewardingly eclectic...The question is no longer why composers would choose to write for this quirky combo, it’s why they would feel their music needed anything else.

The Hermes Experiment, an ever pioneering chamber group, has an unexpected instrumental lineup of clarinet, harp, voice and double bass. The voice is that of French-British soprano Heloise Werner, as much performance artist as classical singer, who can turn herself at a blink into chanteuse, percussion section or yodeller extraordinaire.