Sadie Harrison: Solos and Duos for Piano and Strings CD review – glittering intensity

Peter Sheppard-Skaerved (violin), Roderick Chadwick (piano), Diana Mathews (viola), Mihailo Trandafilovski (violin)
(Toccata Classics)Australian-born and UK-based, Sadie Harrison took some time out from composition to work as an archaeologist and professional gardener, activities which nourish these new works, mostly written in the past four years. Her fascination with fragments, minutiae and painted miniatures has resulted in five groups of tiny pieces each lasting around three minutes or less.