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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Erica Jeal

End of My Days album review – soprano’s eclectic set moves through vulnerability to strength

Careful intensity … Ruby Hughes.
Careful intensity … Ruby Hughes. Photograph: Phil Sharp

This is an intriguing, eclectic programme from the soprano Ruby Hughes and a string quartet from the Manchester Collective, led by her childhood friend Rakhi Singh. Music of quiet stillness, often nodding to folk or spiritual traditions, dominates early on, with Hughes’s voice closely captured. There is, however, a sudden burst of instrumental energy from Caroline Shaw’s Valencia, which captures the exuberant potential of the tiny capsules of juice in an orange segment.

The artwork for End of My Days.
The artwork for End of My Days. Photograph: PR handout
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