Kathryn Williams: Coming Up For Air Aurora Orchestra The first release in NMC's

The first release in NMC's Ancora series features reissued recordings of oboe concerto Helios plus the darkly atmospheric Night Music and programmatic The Seasons

MICHAEL HEWES

Jac van Steen conductor

This quintet

Michael Owen Cor

Kathryn Williams: Coming Up For Air Aurora Orchestra The first release in NMC'sFor many composersBach, Handel and Mozart among themthe fact that woodwind players need to breathe from time to time appears to be an inconvenience, an unwanted interruption to the long owing line, the continuous stream of activity. Breath breaks, becomes a barrier. But what if breathing itself was part of the music, rather than one of many hidden mechanisms that make it happen? Flautist Kathryn Williams has faced chronic respiratory conditions which