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British composer Hannah Kendall鈥檚 music is 鈥渟earingly impactful鈥� (The New Statesman), bridging musical cultures while both honouring and challenging contemporary traditions. The title of this work is from Lemn Sissay鈥檚 poem Godsell, reflecting on the biblical figure of Lot鈥檚 wife. As Kendall explains: 鈥淧art of the string ensemble has their instruments altered by dreadlock cuffs, which are malleable metallic Afro hair accessories. The strings are bound together by the cuffs making pitch production unpredictable, as well as creating a harsh, yet often brittle and fragile sound quality... Perhaps I see something of myself in Lot's wife: her 鈥榙isobedience鈥� lies in looking back; mine in 鈥榙isobeying,鈥� or at least rubbing up against, the norms of how Western classical instruments are expected to be played and sound.鈥�