The brilliant new recording by Madeleine Mitchell is a wonderful review of late 20th- and early 21st-century violin music. Many of the works were written as gifts for Ms Mitchell and on four of the works, their composers play the

Thea Musgrave: The Seasons Inspired by Paintings From the 15th to 20th Century When we think of a musical work called The Seasons, we first think of Vivaldi’s set of violin concertos or Glazunov’s ballet or Tchaikovsky’s cycle for piano,

Thea Musgrave: Turbulent Landscapes In an extraordinary work that is not only based on a number of paintings by JMW Turner (1775–1851) but also uses a particular thematic point to connect them, Scottish composer Thea Musgrave (b. 1928) creates a

Night Windows Loneliness Nicholas Daniel, oboe From Thea Musgrave – Chamber works for Oboe (2013) Released by Harmonia Mundi Musgrave: Night Windows – LonelinessRich and powerful musical language and a strong sense of drama have made Scottish-American composer Thea Musgrave