A SOLAR SYMPHONY
Katie Jenkins, Composer
London Symphony Orchestra
Ian Carleton Schaefer, Conductor
Producer: Nick Patrick
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Rupert Coulson
Mastering Engineer: Cicely Balston
Recording Date: November 3, 2025
Venue: Abbey Road Studio One, London
Video: Tall Wall Media
Total Time [9:32]
Special Gratitude to Executive Producers
Robin Levine & Jonathan Cook
Karen Karnoli-Tambour & Simnan Abbas
Sonia Ponnusamy
UPC: 199891364220
Label: Musica Solis
Release Date: March 20, 2026
Following its acclaimed premiere live performance by The Second Ending Ensemble at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Appel Room in 2025 in New York City, A Solar Symphony now receives its first commercial recording in a production of exceptional sonic quality. The nine-and-a-half-minute work showcases Jenkins's distinctive compositional voice—one that merges her Welsh heritage with the dynamic energy of her New York City base to create music of rare emotional immediacy and cinematic scope.
"The piece really is about what's important to me right now—the planet, energy, what happens to us when we die—big topics that I think about. I wanted to try and pull all of these inspirations into a single piece of music" - Katie Jenkins
