DCD34362-CD
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After forging a close musical bond in contemporary repertoire, Lotte Betts- Dean and Joseph Havlat turn to a tradition that is anything but fixed. KIN explores folksong as a living, evolving art: melodies and stories passed between generations, reshaped by memory, place and imagination. Alongside now canonical arrangements by Britten, Bartók and Grainger and rarities by E.J. Moeran and Doreen Senior, new commissions from Josephine Stephenson, Isabella Gellis and Louise Drewett bring fresh perspectives to this shared inheritance. Rooted in the duo’s own sense of cultural identity – at once Australian, European and diasporic – this is a programme that moves fluidly across borders and eras, held together by an instinctive, finely balanced partnership.
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Release Date: 7 August 2026
Recorded on 21-22 January 2025 at St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Edinburgh
Producer/Engineer: Paul Baxter
24-bit digital editing: Jack Davis
24-bit digital mixing & mastering: Paul Baxter
Cover photography: Isabella Gellis
Design: Drew Padrutt
Booklet editor: John Fallas
Session photography: Will Coates-Gibson/ Foxbrush
Collections: All Releases, Contemporary, Forthcoming, Piano, Song
Category: Bartók, Contemporary, Folk/World, Joseph Havlat, Josephine Stephenson, Lotte Betts-Dean, Michael Finnissy, Percy Grainger, Piano, Song, Vaughan WIlliams