Star

Now re-issued in beautiful limited edition vinyl, Star features three meditative string duos by Irish composers Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, Garrett Sholdice and Simon O’Connor. These three works, each composed specifically for the incomparable Baroque violin/double bass duo of Maya Homburger and Barry Guy, are a reminder of the value of concentration, quietude, and slowness. Schlepper-Connolly’s title track evokes a pre-dawn revelation in West Cork. Sholdice makes a ritual from a tiny fragment of Bach in Sonate. And O’Connor remembers Medieval vocal music in Petryfyde floures.