Hedges / Rte Sinfonietta - Kingston Sketches / Four Breton Sketches (CD)

Anthony Hedges was a popular and versatile composer with some 300 broadcasts to his name in Britain and abroad. He wrote prolifically in a variety of genres, often in response to commissions, from music for massed children's choirs and youth orchestras to operas and chamber music. His scenic imagination and atmospheric tone pictures are full of warmth and color, such as can be found in the Four Breton Sketches and Scenes from the Humber, which captures the spirit of the city of Hull, where he spent many years teaching. The delightful Heigham Sound shows his vivacity and compositional élan.