Matthew Halsall - Salute To The Sun Live At Halle St. Peter'sMatthew's Halsall's Salute to the Sun was the trumpeter's first album since 2015's Into Forever and marked the debut of his new band. A hand picked ensemble featuring some of Manchester's finest young musicians. The album drew it's energy from the band's weekly sessions and was inspired by Halsall's love of nature. Lush and spiritual it received universal praise, but Halsall and his band were frustrated that they were unable to share their beautiful

became his patron and producer

Carolyn Sampson and Pascal Rophé have selected 25 of the songs - ranging from love songs and lullabies to working songs and laments

these studies are far from dryly didactic in character

and premiered in 2017

and wholly captivating-a story

Afraid Of Nothing builds on his previous work

hooky tunes to horn-drenched heart-stoppers

Raymond Aron

and in the best possible sense of the word

and Scott for some 'excavating' as well as some new discovering

dating from 1970

These anthologies will once again demonstrate everything the piano fortist brings to the interpretation of the symphonic and chamber repertoires