AN Ealing composer has brought musicians together online and arranged a charity single ready to hit the classical music charts.

Dominic Sewell, a composer, orchestrator and lecturer at University of West London's (UWL), London College of Music (LCM), directed musicians across Europe in remote sessions to reverse engineer the new single by Classic FM favourite, Cai Thomas.

Speaking as the single was released on Rubican Classics Label, Dominic said: "This demonstrates that lockdown restrictions don't need to get in the way of producing music and at LCM we are paving the way in how to use new technology.

"Working remotely, I was able to instruct musicians as if I were in the studio with them.

"Lockdown is forcing us to use technology in innovative ways that will change the industry for decades to come.

"Releasing this single was a huge technical challenge and it proves that there are ways to forge a career in music even in the most difficult of situations."

The single features the Up North Session Orchestra on strings, Amy Turk on harp, and the St Thomas-on-The-Bourne choir from Farnham – the place where Cai originally learnt to sing.

All royalties from the single will be donated to Robbie's Rehab, a children's brain tumour charity.