DAN JONES On Chesil Beach (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Jones featuring solo violin by Esther Yoo. Also included are the classical pieces from the movie by Beethoven, Haydn, Elgar and Mozart.

In Dominic Cooke's On Chesil Beach, Saoirse Ronan plays Florence Ponting, a promising young violinist whose dream of a happy future with her new husband Edward Mayhew (Billy Howle) is derailed by the reality of their wedding night. For Ian McEwan, who wrote the original novel and subsequent screenplay, the role of music is essential. "My life is absolutely permeated by music," McEwan told NPR in an interview about the novel. "It is part of my own mental furniture so it often ends up being part of the fate and destiny of my own characters to either be musicians or for music to be something of a key to their characters." To unlock the importance of music for Florence, Cooke reached out to violinist Esther Yoo to play the music we hear when we see Ronan playing. Music has also been essential part of Yoo's life. Having started playing at age four, she performed her first concert at eight. In 2010, at age 16, she gained international attention when she became the youngest prizewinner of the 10th International Sibelius Violin Competition. From 2014 to 2016, she shone as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and continues to be a bright star in the classical music world.