Werner:
Les Leçons du
close-ups
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Lullaby for

Strozzi:
Che si puo fare, Op. 8 No. 6

Pinel:
Sombres lieux

Bingen:
O vis ete

Wallen:
Tree

Héloise Werner’s first album, Phrases, was received ecstatically. For her second, she wanted to create a programme with a cohesive narrative arc – a journey, but one that the listener can take in their own time and their own way. For it, she has assembled a group of musicians who both share in her concept but also bring to the project their own varied musical personalities to complement Héloise’s own distinctive voice. Rightly described by Héloise as ‘amazing people’, her collaborators – Colin Alexander, Julian Azkoul, Max Baillie, Kit Downes, Ruth Gibson and Marianne Schoeld – stitch their individual contributions into close-ups in colours just as vibrant as Héloise’s own.

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Recorded 18-20 September 2023, SJE Arts Oxford