The Fisher Who Died in His Bed

A lovely performance. What a joy to hear melodic and appealing music from a contemporary composer.

When I was a boy growing up in rural Newfoundland in the 60s and 70s, our music was considered something to be ashamed of. Some of my generation, including me, reacted very negatively to that attitude. For me to hear an orchestra, and not a local one (!), playing one of our traditional tunes, not as some showcase of quaintness for the tourists but just because they thought it was worth it is pretty powerful, I have to say. All that refusing to be ashamed of our culture seems to have worked.