Sara Cahill

Pianist Sarah Cahill has developed a reputation as one of piano music’s most compelling voices, an artist who has introduced complex and uncompromising work to wide audiences. Her close relationship with the minimalist music of Terry Riley is on display in this performance of Keyboard Studies, an exercise piece of phenomenal speed whose constituent parts can be substituted and combined. It’s complemented by the fittingly titled Be Kind to One Another, a musical gesture of empathy known for its gentle, balmy atmosphere. Works from Lou Harrison and Harold Budd complete a programme of piano music that is both intriguing and comforting.