The CD features three orchestral pieces – Piano Concerto, Sea-Change and Tenebrae – composed by Professor Pickard over the past twenty-four years and performed by the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins.
This disc follows the 2008 release of a recording of three of Professor Pickard's works – Channel Firing, The Flight of Icarus and The Spindle of Necessity – also performed by the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and released by major international label BIS records.
An absolute triumph – BBC Music Magazine
Fredrik Ullén brings both sensitivity and virtuosity to a work [Piano Concerto] that can rank with the finest of its genre in the past-half century... OUTSTANDING – International Record Review
This is quite simply a magnificent work with an emotional engagement which is extremely rare in modern music, and it was given a stunning performance by Brabbins and the orchestra – Seen and Heard International