Perfect for cellists wishing to add a more reflective work to their repertoire, His Spirit Over The Waters (2008) is the composer's response to the untimely death of prominent Manchester musician Keith Elcombe. Described by the composer as a spiritual response to life, His Spirit Over The Waters possesses a bereaved lyricism, while elsewhere dance-like fixations on motive and pulse give way to more melodic passage
Since the late 1980s the English composer Robin Walker has lived in the rural north of England, dedicating himself to composition and seeking to engage in his work with the long-term processes of symphonic music and the collective spirit of folk music.
