Mari Samuelsen’s latest Deutsche Grammophon album explores the phenomenon on which so much of life on earth depends. Lys – Norwegian for “Light” – presents music by thirteen female composers, from Hildegard of Bingen to Hildur Guðnadóttir, combining specially commissioned works with new arrangements of existing pieces. The fourteen tracks are woven together to create a meditation in sound on something so fundamental that it is often taken for granted. The Norwegian violinist’s eclectic programme moves through light’s infinitely subtle qualities to reveal a musical world of boundless shades of emotion and expression.

Tracklist: 1. Meredi: White Flowers Take Their Bath 2. Dobrinka Tabakova: Nocturne (Arr. for Violin and Piano) 3. Hannah Peel: Signals 4. Caroline Shaw: The Orangery & The Beech Tree (From Plan & Elevation) 5. Laura Masotto: Sol Levante 6. Margaret Hermant: Lightwell 7. Hildegard von Bingen: O vis eternitatis (Arr. by Tormod Tvete Vik) 8. Beyoncé: Halo 9. Hildur Guðnadóttir: Baer (Arr. by Max Knoth) 10. Lera Auerbach: 24 Preludes for Violin And Piano, Op.46: 15. Adagio sognando 11. Hannah Peel: Reverie (Arr. for Solo Violin, Strings and Electronics) 12. Hania Rani: La Luce 13. Clarice Jensen: Love Abounds In Everything 14. Anna Meredith: Midi (Arr. for Solo Violin & Electronics)