Hallé: Huw Watkins album overview – Covid-era commissions grab energy and hope after lockdown
This recording is a celebration of what a fruitful relationship between a composer and an orchestra may perchance well furthermore merely also be, besides to a souvenir of uneasy times. The Hallé co-commissioned Huw Watkins’ 2nd symphony, having premiered his first; it became written amid Covid lockdowns and recorded for a filmed concert in spring ...