Joseph Phibbs: Juliana Sidney Sussex Robert Smith (viola da gamba

Robert Smith (viola da gamba and Baroque cello) and Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord) and is inspired by the gloriously virtuosic music from the end of the 17th century

Completing the album is the 1931 Sextet for piano and wind quintet

Francis Pott

The two choirs of St Catharine’s College

recorded on a recent instrument by the renowned French organ builder

Joseph Phibbs: Juliana Sidney Sussex Robert Smith (viola da gambaZoe Drummond (soprano) Rebecca Afonwy Jones (mezzo soprano) Felix Kemp (baritone) Nova Music Opera Ensemble George Vass (conductor) Based on August Strindbergs celebrated 1888 play Miss Julie, chamber opera Juliana (2018) unites composer Joseph Phibbs and librettist Laurie Slade in a modern tale about the power of money, immigration politics, drugs and the blurring of sexual boundaries. In confronting these issues head on, the power of aristocracy is