Helen Grime: Night Songs Composer_Martland; Steve London as part of the

London as part of the BBC Proms

Gary Kettel Percussion

Pianos move seamlessly between sixth-tones and quarter-tones as though the instruments were being retuned mid-performance

Disc 2 was originally released on Collins Classics

Helen Grime: Night Songs Composer_Martland; Steve London as part of theHelen Grime's Debut Disc contrasts orchestral works including her first Hall commission,the nocturne Near Midnight (2013) with smaller scale pieces featuring the Hall Soloists. The earliest work here, Virga, is a densely packed miniature, taking its title from precipitation which evaporates before it reaches the ground; its textures are dominated by falling cascades of woodwind droplets. Night Songs was commissioned for the 2012 BBC Proms and