Vaughan Williams/ Andrew Manze - Vaughan Williams: A Pastoral Symphony, Symphony No.4Vaughan Williams Andrew Manze Vaughan Williams: A Pastoral Symphony, Symphony No. 4

While helping a local widow (Melissa George) sets his creative juices flowing

His music was valued for it's clarity

the everyday worries of the rural population

Ditto the wondrously sad 'Mirror Song'

recorded in 1962

being passed from instrument to instrument

bassist Jamie Cavanagh and drummer/keyboardist Daniel Cardoso began recording The Optimist in the winter of 2016 at Attica Audio in Donegal

The band is fronted by songwriter/guitarist Martin Stephenson

" This fresh collaboration between the band and record label InsideOutMusic will see the virtuosic quintet's long-standing Ytsejam Records catalog reissued

gaining wide recognition with a show on Swedish national radio P3

Mauro Giuliani was a composer deeply rooted in the everyday musical life of the Vienna of his era

Originally intended as a teaching aid for senior high school social studies and covering a broad scope of civic