Bristol Silence

An orchestra that played for the Nazis. A silence that lasted for generations. A work that lets this silence speak, sing - and scream.

Motvind Records presents John Andrew Wilhite’s monumental work Bristol Silence, performed by a brilliant ensemble, full of energy and a deep sense of significance. This is a work that speaks to what a society is. It is not a piece about the past - but about the silent lines stretching from it, reaching into our own time.

This is Wilhite’s first album as a bandleader, and what a debut it is! Bristol Silence has already been nominated for Work of the Year awards by both the Norwegian Society of Composers and the Norwegian Jazz Forum, standing out as a composition of intricate, tightly interwoven layers.