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Title: Leaps & Bounds - The Music of Lance Hulme
Artist: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Label: Metier
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 809730721229
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-04-18
Number of Discs: 2

Leaps & Bounds: The Music of Lance Hulme presents a compelling survey of Dr. Lance Hulme's oeuvre, showcasing his intellectual rigor, inventive compositional techniques, and engagement with diverse cultural and historical contexts.The album features works that exemplify Hulme's mastery of structure and colour. Sirens' Song, a symphonic triptych inspired by Homer's Odyssey, integrates 19th- and early 20th-century orchestral techniques with modern thematic exploration. Wildcat, originally commissioned by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet, reflects a vivid sonic depiction of kinetic energy and joy, drawing on personal and cultural narratives. Hulme's JethroZen juxtaposes the rock-inspired flute idiom of Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) with the meditative timbres of the Japanese Shakuhachi, bridging Eastern and Western musical traditions.Folk idioms and tonal frameworks are reimagined in Appalachian Advent, while Sax Attractor employs mathematical attractor sets as a metaphor for musical cohesion, yielding a meticulously structured saxophone sonata. Setting the Diamond offers an innovative engagement with medieval chant, integrating Hildegard von Bingen's hymnody with electronic and acoustic counterpoint to create a nuanced dialogue between past and present.Hulme's works balance intellectual depth with emotional immediacy. An Eternal Flame, dedicated to the people of Ukraine, demonstrates his ability to embed profound human narratives within intricate compositional frameworks. Slapdash Redux, with it's virtuosic interplay and rhythmic ingenuity, exemplifies his fascination with spontaneous energy and contrapuntal complexity.This album is an essential addition to the repertoire of contemporary classical music, inviting scholars, performers, and listeners to explore the intersections of tradition, innovation, and cultural dialogue in Hulme's work. Leaps & Bounds offers a vivid portrait of a composer who traverses disciplinary boundaries with intellectual acuity and artistic finesse.

Tracks:
1.1 Sirens' Song~I. Distance Voices
1.2 Sirens' Song~II. Dire Straits
1.3 Sirens' Song~III. The Beckoning Horizon
1.4 Wildcat
1.5 Eternal Flame
1.6 JethroZen
1.7 Caritas Abundat: Setting the Diamond
2.1 Leaps ; Bounds
2.2 Bonfire Bacchanal
2.3 Anna's Candle
2.4 Slapdash Redux
2.5 Appalachian Advent~I. I Wonder As I Wander
2.6 Appalachian Advent~II. As Joseph Was A’Walking
2.7 Appalachian Advent~III. Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
2.8 Sax Attractor~I. Attractor pas de deux
2.9 Sax Attractor~II. Romance Attractor
2.10 Sax Attractor~III. Toccata Attractor
2.11 Sax Attractor~IV. Fugettino and Attractor