Blythswood: Viola: Instrumental Work

Rhian Samuel's fresh and stimulating vocal and instrumental works have earned her an enviable reputation as a composer willing to tackle challenging subjects and a variety of musical forms. The three contrasting pieces of Blythswood were written at Glaick in Scotland on the mainland across from Skye and each one evokes in terms of seascape or memory the idea of the 'distant view'.

Instrumentation :