In Sea, Shadow and ink • 潮汐之影, 水墨之间 Shui Mo 水墨 presents four newly commissioned works by Hong Kong, Taiwan, UK, and China-Japan-UK composers. 'Dancing Ink' is a propulsive new commission from Cardiff-Hong Kong phenomenon 邵丽堂 Kiko Shao, that revels in the East Asian sounds familiar from her earlier work, but rarely found in their acoustic form whilst in the UK except through recordings. Changing light, sea and reflection are central to the imagery of (Shui Mo cellist) George Owen’s inspiration from master 吉田博 Hiroshi Yoshida’s tracing of a day over a vast water in changing light. Beijing-Bristol (Tokyo) composer SU Lia’s work 'The Ink-Coloured Tide' • 墨色之汐; 墨潮 infuses the air with sounds of transformation and changeability, as Su's always-visually-informed aesthetic, rooted in Beijing opera and guqin sensibilities, comes to BNM audiences for the first time. The inspiration for Taiwan-Germany composer Yuting Chang is the essence of smoke, ‘which I think of as another form of fluid existence.’ The breathy sounds of the shakuhachi and taegeum and extended possibilities of the guzheng keeps Chang’s sounds ever-shifting. JIA Guoping’s esquisite 'Misty Frost and Faded Ink' • 寒烟淡墨, draws further on the timbral 'irregularities' of Shui Mo’s traditional instruments.