{"product_id":"exaudi-pocket-universe","title":"EXAUDI: Pocket Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: 18 September 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePocket Universe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis a compelling new recording from the internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble\u003cstrong\u003e EXAUDI\u003c\/strong\u003e and conductor \u003cstrong\u003eJames Weeks\u003c\/strong\u003e, featuring works by\u003cstrong\u003e Cassandra Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Hamilton\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003e Leo Chadburn \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eGeoff Hannan\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBringing together four works commissioned and premiered by EXAUDI between 2013 and 2019 through the ensemble’s EXPOSURE showcase, \u003cem\u003ePocket Universe\u003c\/em\u003e captures the remarkable artistic relationships the ensemble has forged with some of the most distinctive compositional voices working today. Over more than two decades, EXAUDI has become one of the world’s leading advocates for contemporary vocal music, appearing at major international festivals and venues including Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wien Modern, MusikFest Berlin, IRCAM Paris and the BBC Proms, while building an acclaimed discography on labels including Winter\u0026amp;Winter, Kairos, ÆON and NMC. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanadian-British composer Cassandra Miller has emerged as one of the defining musical voices of her generation, praised for music of striking emotional intensity and transformative beauty. Her work\u003cem\u003e Guide\u003c\/em\u003e, inspired by a remembered folk hymn and written especially for EXAUDI, becomes a radiant meditation on communal singing, freedom and the ecstatic physicality of the voice itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrish composer Andrew Hamilton, elected to Aosdána in 2024 and recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists, has developed an internationally celebrated body of work performed by ensembles including Crash Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. His\u003cem\u003e Proclamation of the Republic\u003c\/em\u003e reimagines Patrick Pearse’s Easter Rising declaration through obsessive repetition, fractured rhetoric and surging vocal momentum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeo Chadburn’s genre-defying output spans contemporary composition, electronic music, installation art and experimental pop. Broadcast internationally on BBC Radio and created in collaboration with artists ranging from Pulp to Cerith Wyn Evans, Chadburn’s work is marked by an unmistakable theatricality and fascination with language. In\u003cem\u003e Affix Stamp Here\u003c\/em\u003e, fragments from vintage postcards are transformed into poignant, delicate and unexpectedly moving musical miniatures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompleting the album is Geoff Hannan’s virtuosic \u003cem\u003ePocket Universe\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of an Ivor Novello Composer Award in 2019. Performed internationally by ensembles including the London Sinfonietta and National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Hannan’s music combines rigorous structural thinking with explosive rhythmic energy. 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