An extraordinary album of compositions by Frank Denyer, played by Octandre Ensemble. 'Screens' contains five pieces, whose dates of composition range from 1973 to 2021. Anyone listening blind would struggle to identify which were early pieces, and which were late; they all simply belong to and come out of Frank Denyer unique and idiosyncratic soundworld.
A list of the instrumentation for the first piece, 'Broken Music' from 1990, gives an indication of the peculiarity and eccentricity of the music: flute, piccolo, crow call, melodica, beaked whistle, shepherd’s whistle, marble on table top, bassoon, contrabassoon, cello, banjo, harp, two percussionists playing non-standard instruments, offstage crow call, offstage rabbit call & offstage fox call.
Irresistible music.
