Debbie Deb - I'm SearchingDebbie Deb I'm Searching

Housed in slipcase and with extensive new notes by Charles Waring

I listened to all manner of different recordings (of the versions both for clarinet and for viola)

A work of memory and imagination

Lace (Robbie Lee)

fabulously interpreted by Hakan Hardenberger to celebrate the composer's 100th anniversary

We hear unexpected works from icons like Peter Schreier (with lute accompaniment) and Hermann Prey (singing Operetta music)

Then I thought

Big Joe Maher & the Dynaflows - Midnight Rambler

is a gritty narrative about domestic abuse

The Divertimento is an orchestral piece extracted by Stravinsky from his ballet The Fairy's Kiss

then it is Hansel and Gretel

stimulating and expressive work arises from many influences - from the music of the Romantic era