Madwomen

An insightful write-up here from Clare McCaldin of our recent rehearsal retreat in Somerset, preparing for next week’s recording at Champs Hill. We’ve constructed a programme of madwomen for this disc (ranging from Purcell to Ned Rorem via Wolf and Brahms), taking as our starting point Stephen McNeff’s Vivienne, written for us and premiered last year – see here for more on the piece.