26 October (Zubel) & 5 November (Hailstork) 2021; 25 January (El Bacha),
12 april (Goodyear), 7 June (Bettison) & 2 July (Wilkins) 2022;
About
The convergence of cataclysmic events of 2020 spurred cellist Inbal Segev to conceive an ambitious and inspirational commissioning project, 20 for 2020, for which she asked 20 composers to document in music their responses to the challenges posed by the pandemic and social unrest. The result is an utterly moving and immensely varied palette of strong and distinctive compositional voices spanning a range of ages, genders and cultures.
Originally released over time as four digital EPs, all 20 compositions come together for the first time in a 2CD deluxe digipack and are capped by the premiere of Inbal’s own work, Behold for cello quartet.
When Inbal conceived 20 for 2020, she could not have foreseen the scope of musical imagination from the 20 composers she asked to write works for her. Further pronouncing her passion for promoting new works for her instrument: “Art needs to move forward, otherwise it will die.” Collectively these compositions celebrate a stunning array of music for the soulful sound of the cello in the 21st century.
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Reviews
“… lovely listening and played to a turn by all”
David W Moore – American Record Guide – May/June 2023
“… Segev’s tone throughout this challenging project manages to be every colour imaginable, while both clear and vibrant, and warm and dark. The entire double album encompasses a stunning display of fireworks and gentleness. That so many of these works will surely be iconic mainstays of the contemporary cello repertoire, for those who dare to take them on, is a testament to the leadership and investment in the cello repertoire from this great artist.”
Cheryl Ockrant – thewholenote.com – 12 February 2023
“… Segev is a secure advocate for the widest range of musical idioms, her understated authority familiar from concertos by Elgar and Anna Clyne and 19th-century sonatas. Finely recorded and with copious notes, this labour of love has an ambition matched by its achievement: one in which Segev’s own piece for cello quartet affords a pensive epitaph.”
Richard Whitehouse – Gramophone magazine – February 2023
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