Apologies to anyone who struggled to open this post yesterday – a slip of the finger made it subscriber only!
I’m very excited to tell you that Elsewhere, Elsewhen, our first album, is now available for pre-order in CD and digital download formats. You can order it on Bandcamp here.
Release date is 20th November, so make sure to place your order early to be among the first to receive the CD or digital album. As a bonus, you’ll receive an instant download of Linda Buckley‘s Aud, which traces in music the journey of this heroine from the Icelandic Sagas from Caithness to Iceland.
Elsewhere, Elsewhen is also available on all major streaming platforms, from where you’ll be able to listen to a preview of Adrian Vernon Fish‘s Uyeasound Nocturne, a piece inspired by a calm winter’s evening in Shetland following a storm. Click here to find Elsewhere, Elsewhen on your favourite streaming platform.
The music on the album journeys from Orkney to Greenland via Iceland and the Faroes and also includes pieces from our popular Sagas and Seascapes programme by Gemma McGregor and Lillie Harris, specially commissioned works about Iceland and Greenland by Anna Appleby and Arnannguaq Gerstrøm, music from the Faroe Islands by Kári Bæk and a very special piece composed by me and the fiddlers of Anderson High School in Shetland, which was performed live by Nordic Viola and students of Tórshavn Music School in 2018.
People have already been commenting on the beautiful album art. Those of you who know Sagas and Seascapes will recognise it as Elsewhen by Orla Stevens. I’m so pleased to partner with Orla once again and, if you want to explore more of her art, you can buy her Sagas and Seascapes prints and cards from our Bandcamp merchandise page whilst you wait for your CD!
We are very grateful for the support of the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and the Vaughan Williams Foundation, as well as our crowdfunders and donors for supporting the creation of this album.
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