ERLAND COOPER (London Barbican, 10/10/20)

You wouldn’t think it possible to be spirited across the Pentland Firth by flurries of gannets, especially given current travel restrictions, but if there’s one person who could work such spellcraft, it’d be Erland Cooper. His subtle yet evocative musical tribute to Orkney and the surrounding land-and-seascapes, featuring the poetry of Will Burns, the spectral singing of Kathryn Joseph, and the lush ornamentation of the London Contemporary Orchestra was as close to a trip abroad most of us will manage this year.