The 7 tracks on Midwinter Processionals were recorded inside Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk, UK. The melodies were improvised on her violins and recorders before taking the recordings back to her studio in Suffolk. Standing in the centre of the Norwich Cathedral nave with the stone baffled sounds of the city outside, Laura had the 900 year old cathedral all to herself for 2 hours – just enough time to play out the ideas that had been swarming in her head and explore the immense sonorities which swirled up to the 69ft high ornate roof bosses where the beams and vaults of the ceiling meet.
I wrote a bit about Cannell on the newsletter a couple of weeks ago.