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Highlighted Release

We’re delighted to highlight one of our three latest recordings – The Centre Of Things

The Centre Of Things (album)

The Centre Of Things (album)

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(album) [mp3 audi download] OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU! Free to download from 17 December 2025 – 5 January 2026,

This recording leads with The Centre of Things, a song-cycle composed by John Wallace between 2015 and 2019 for trumpet, tenor and piano on poems by Hugh MacDiarmid, Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean) and Ruaraidh MacThòmais.  It was first performed in its entirety by tenor Jamie MacDougall, pianist Marianna Abrahamyan with Bede Williams on trumpet on October 30 2024, at the MacPherson Recital Room of the Laidlaw Centre at the University of St Andrews. The inclusion of Paul Mealor’s Five Bagatelles (recorded in the same session) rounds off the tracklist of this album, once again highlighting the remarkable talents of the featured performers.  The full score is also currently available as a FREE downloadable PDF.

This recording project was enabled by the generous philanthropic giving of Lord Vallance of Tummel.

New Podcast episode released! This week in Episode 8, of Brass Matters John Wallace dives even deeper into ‘The Centre of Things’ as he talks with Armenian pianist Marianna Abrahamyan and trumpeter Bede Williams about the recording and the piece, instrumental norms in song cycles, and composing with (or without!) instrumental and performer constraints.

And as a special Christmas bonus, a FREE download of the entire ‘The Centre of Things’ album is available from 17 December through to 5 January – all our best wishes for this festive season!

Podcast also available on Spotify, Apple podcasts and other popular streaming services.

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