A supplement to 'Cantus, Descant', 'Figures In Open Air' offers almost three hours of live recordings and variations. Featuring performances for pipe organ and solo electronics while on tour at Roter Salon in Berlin, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel in Chicago, the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, Église du Gesù in Montreal, and the Lab in San Francisco, from 2018 - 19. Two-disc set.
All tracks composed and performed (organ, synthesizers) by Sarah Davachi
Live in Berlin
21 March 2019
Roter Salon (Berlin, Germany)
Ruminant (Version)
30 August 2017
Pacific Spirit United Church (Vancouver, Canada)
Casavant Frères pipe organ, 1964
Live in San Francisco (Excerpt)
3 March 2018
The Lab (San Francisco, USA)
Live in Chicago
5 October 2019
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel (Chicago, USA)
with Liz Deitemyer (French horn) and Matthew Oliphant (French horn)
presented by Lampo and The Renaissance Society
E.M. Skinner pipe organ, 1928
Canyon Walls (Instrumental)
27 October 2019
The Museum of Jurassic Technology (Los Angeles, USA)
Story & Clark reed organ, ca 1890
Diaphonia Basilica (Version)
19 September 2018
Église du Gesù (Montréal, Canada)
with Marianne Houle (cello), Jessica Holmes (voice), Pietro Amato (French horn)
presented by Red Bull Music Academy
Casavant Frères pipe organ, 1954
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