Martin Iddon Jack Quartet I was really pleased with

I was really pleased with the enthusiasm that the Apartment House musicians showed because I hadn’t been sure what some of them would make of playing music that is 500 years old

and happily deploy simple intervals and unadorned harmonic constructs to explore transparent contrasts in pitch and textural relationships

George: It’s partly a question of balancing priorities in rehearsal

Their composer is examining formed sound – that is

” Hermetic and a bit distant

Martin Iddon Jack Quartet I was really pleased with1. Muses (2017) 15: 19 Heather Roche (clarinet) Juliet Fraser (voice) 2. Ptelea (2014) 10: 47 Heather Roche (bass clarinet) 3. tu as navr (2010) 10: 55 Heather Roche (bass and contrabass clarinets) Anton Lukoszevieze (cello) James Opstad (bass) 4. Sapindales (2020) 21: 11 Heather Roche (clarinets) Martin Iddon (field recording) Interview with Martin Iddon All the pieces on the CD feature the clarinet (or one or more instruments within the clarinet