Lawson Trio: The Long Way Home

This is a brave debut from the Lawson Trio, but a wise one. Not just formidable young musicians, they are questing spirits who have shown a rare commitment to the creation of new music, so it's... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, More…

Release Date: 15th Oct 2012
Catalogue No: PFC012
Label: Prima Facie
Length: 71 minutes

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Knotts: The Long Way Home

12:01

Lawson Trio

I. Allegretto

6:25

II. Largo - Tenderly

5:36

Reeves, C: The Dead Broke Blues Break, Piano Trio No. 2

12:50

Lawson Trio

Powers, A: Piano Trio

18:32

Lawson Trio

I. —

4:39

II. The Lover's Ghost

2:38

III. Ratcliffe Highway

2:07

IV. The Trees They Grow so High

4:49

V. —

4:19

Turnage: A Fast Stomp

10:39

Lawson Trio

Frances-Hoad: Five Rackets for Trio Relay

17:08

Lawson Trio

I. Archery and Curling

3:48

II. Ping Pong, Table Tennis and Wiff Waff

2:44

III. Sailing

4:58

IV. Boxing

1:51

V. Marathon, Relay, Walk, Sprint!

3:47

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The acclaimed Lawson Trio - pianist Annabelle Lawson, violinist Fenella Humphreys and cellist Rebecca Knight - release their much anticipated debut album, The Long Way Home. It is fast emerging as one of the finest ensembles of its generation. Known for its enthusiastic championing of contemporary British composers, the Lawson Trio showcases on this first CD world premiere recordings and works written especially for them.

Compositions are ‘The Long Way Home’ by David Knotts (b. 1972) - a lyrical tribute to the poetry of Sylvia Townsend Warner; ‘The Dead Broke Blues Break’ by Camden Reeves (b. 1974) - a jazz-inspired piece recalling the sound world of pianist Thelonious Monk; the Piano Trio by Anthony Powers (b. 1953), a soulful five-movement work based on folk song; ‘A Fast Stomp’ by Mark-Anthony Turnage (b. 1960) - an energetic, unrelenting Scherzo and Trio; and finally ‘Five Rackets for Trio Relay’ by Cheryl Frances-Hoad (b. 1980) - a witty double piano trio (thought to be the first of its kind) celebrating the 2012 London Olympics/Paralympics and also featuring three young musicians from Pro Corda.

The Lawson Trio has recently performed at the South Bank Centre, Kings Place, the Bath International Festival and in Aldeburgh, where they enjoyed a strings residency. Selected by Music in the Round, the Park Lane Group, Making Music and the Cavatina Trust for the 2011/2012 season, forthcoming engagements include two performances in the Wigmore Hall’s 2012/2013 season and further concerts at Kings Place and at music clubs and festivals around the country.

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March 2013

This is a brave debut from the Lawson Trio, but a wise one. Not just formidable young musicians, they are questing spirits who have shown a rare commitment to the creation of new music, so it's right that their first CD boasts no fewer than five premieres of works written for them. These are rich pickings indeed.

14th October 2012

Best of all is Camden Reeves’s The Dead Broke Blues Break, evoking and vigorously transforming the blues as imagined on a warped 78 record.

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