for 24 voices and 12 instruments
Herbstlich (Eaves Wood); Winterlied (Martinmere); Habichtswald (Leighton Moss ); Stimmungsbild (Hest Bank)
BBC SINGERS, BRIGHTON PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLE conducted by JOHN POOLE
Introduced by THE COMPOSER in a conversation With ANTHONY BURTON. recorded in one of the locations which inspired the work, the Leighton Moss bird reserve in North Lancashire.
At the close, especially, this recording ... achieved an eerie beauty that seemed to fit exactly what Cowie had been saying about the * benedictory aspect of the seasons '. (THE LISTENER)