University of York Music Press

The CD contains a collection of miniatures for violin, viola and piano solos and for violin duets performed by Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandilovski, Diana Mathews and Roderick Chadwick.

Martin Anderson of Toccata writes: 'The Australian-British Sadie Harrison is no ordinary composer: she is also an archaeologist and a professional gardener. So it is hardly surprising that a fascination with historical artefacts and biological processes filters into her music. The instrumental miniatures on this recording are both ethereal and brutal, some of them mirroring ancient worlds and natural phenomena and others taking their starting point in the paintings of Brian Graham and Peter Sheppard Skaerved, expressing visual and textural ideas in sound.'

Further information will be available shortly on:

www.toccataclassics.com

www.sadieharrisoncomposer.co.uk

The works included are:

• Gallery (Rooms 1 and 2) for solo violin (2012-14)
• ..ballare una passacaglia di ombre.. for solo violin (2011)
• Hidden Ceremonies 1 for solo piano (2013)
• Three Dances for Diana Nemorensis for solo viola (2013)
• "..under the circle of the moon.." for two violins (2004)