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The album can be purchased here - fergushall.bandcamp.com/album/isola-2

All music performed by Sequoia, who are Alice Rickards (violin) & Sonia Cromarty (cello)

Produced by Fergus Hall

Recorded by Gus Stirrat at Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond on the 6th-9th of December 2021.

Mixed by Gus Stirrat at Solas Sound Studios, Glasgow.

Mastered by Geoff Allan

Cover design by Iain McIntosh

Crossing the Simeto features extracts from Ballad of the Simeto (for the Highland Division) and So Long, written by Hamish Henderson during WWII while fighting in North Africa and Sicily with the 51st Highland Division. The poems are performed by Hamish Henderson.

Permission for use of extracts from Hamish Henderson - Pipes, Goatskins and Bones (The Songs & Poems Of Hamish Henderson) was granted by STV Footage.

Permission for use of poetry by Hamish Henderson was granted by The Estate of Hamish Henderson, for which we are incredibly grateful.

Isola was written and performed by Alexander McCall Smith who has been immensely supportive of this project from the very beginning.

Alice, Sonia and Fergus would also like to thank to following people for their help and support throughout the process of making this album;

Alexander McCall Smith, Gus Stirrat, Iain McIntosh, Rylan Gleave, Aileen Sweeney, Sonia Killmann, John Taylor, Donald Hardie, Luss Parish Church, Janet and Kätzel Henderson, Stuart MacRae, Chamber Music Scotland, Lea Shaw, David Fessessy, and Martin Wiggins.

This album was made possible with support from Creative Scotland and The Hope Scott Trust.

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released September 16, 2022

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Sequoia Glasgow, UK

Sequoia is a partnership between violinist Alice Rickards and cellist Sonia Cromarty. We dedicated to exploring the natural world through music.
For us connecting with the environment begins at home, and we are committed to championing Scotland's music and nature through our collaborative projects and also by commissioning composers across a wide range of genres. ... more

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