‘Fretwork came to me with a proposition which Iconsidered for about half a second before accepting– to create a piece for them about Francis Drake’scircumnavigation of the world in 1577–80’, recallsOrlando Gough.

Terra Incognita, or The WorldEncompassed, the composer’s rich response toFretwork’s call, combines original composition andexisting repertoire of the period, as part of a dramaticreflection on Drake, the music of his time and theeternal spirit of musical adventure.