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Sally Beamish: House of Wonder album review

The Guardian Culture Friday 12 June 2026, 06:30 UTC By Clive Paget 1 min read
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Beamish/Corbett/Whitehead/Havlat/ Irvine/Thomson/Ventris(Delphian)The British composer’s celebratory album is a family affairSally Beamish celebrates 70 years on planet Earth with an eclectic and profoundly personal album featuring friends and members of her talented musical family. At the centre of it all is Beamish herself, a musical shapeshifter, at home in classical, jazz or folk fiddle, performing on her own instrument, the viola. It opens with April, a luminous chaconne for viola and...

Beamish/Corbett/Whitehead/Havlat/ Irvine/Thomson/Ventris
(Delphian)
The British composer’s celebratory album is a family affair

Sally Beamish celebrates 70 years on planet Earth with an eclectic and profoundly personal album featuring friends and members of her talented musical family. At the centre of it all is Beamish herself, a musical shapeshifter, at home in classical, jazz or folk fiddle, performing on her own instrument, the viola.

It opens with April, a luminous chaconne for viola and accordion memorialising her friend, jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. Equally poignant is Gerropaedie for viola and harp, a Satie-inspired birthday gift for an elderly patron.

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