Sally Beamish: House of Wonder album review

Beamish/Corbett/Whitehead/Havlat/ Irvine/Thomson/Ventris (Delphian) The British composer’s celebratory album is a family affair Sally Beamish celebrates 70 years on planet Earth with an eclectic and profoundly personal album featuring friends and members of her talented musical family. At the centre of it all is Beamish herself, a musical shapeshifter, at home in classical, jazz or folk fiddle, performing on her own instrument, the viola. It opens with April, a luminous chaconne for viola and...

By Clive Paget