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Will Conway in conversation with Rebecca Saunders

While we weren’t able to undertake our planned tour of Rebecca Saunders’ work this year, we were delighted that Rebecca was able to join our Artistic Director Will Conway from her home in Berlin to discuss her inspirations and her composition process – and why her walls are covered in manuscript paper!

Mentioned in the interview…
Listen to ‘Quartet’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5VnfsXAcIA
Listen to ‘Fury II’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskEE09WWWM
Listen to ‘Wald’ by Enno Poppe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKAvX70PLUc
Listen to ‘Fett’ by Enno Poppe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fDavSTFG88

Discover more:
Hebrides Ensemble double bassist Enno Senft on Fury II: https://vimeo.com/415533186/a57babb9d5
Ryan Corbett on Saunders’ writing for accordion: https://vimeo.com/415546744/0fd9c9b699
Read our virtual programme: https://issuu.com/hebridesensemble/docs/saunders_virtual_tour_programme

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