David Gorton’s music is often written for specific performers. The title work, Orfordness, references the nature reserve and former secret weapons base, and center of many weird and classified events, such as UFO sightings. Fosdyke Wash, a ‘bleak and desolate’ place in Eastern England, is also agriculturally productive; the music reflects this dichotomy. The 2nd cello sonata and ‘Austerity Measures require staggering virtuosity. The performers, leading new music specialists, all have recorded for Métier except Zubin Kanga, an Australian making quite a name in London’s new-music arena.
