British Poultry Standards by Victoria Roberts

Claire Victoria Roberts, a young Welsh composer who makes the confounding of expectations part of her appeal, has just released a single track from her forthcoming album. Nigel Jarrett listened to it and places it in the shifting context of contemporary music-making.

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