A supplement to 'Two Sisters', 'In Concert & In Residence' offers a series of live chamber ensemble recordings as well as several instrumentals collected while in residence at the National Music Centre. Featuring commissioned long-form works 'In The Grand Luxe Hall' (2016) and 'Stile Vuoto' (2018), variations and unreleased live recordings of the 'Harmonies' series for organ, and solo performances with electronic instruments such as the Hammond B3 and Hammond Novachord. Limited edition release, two-disc CD set.
All tracks composed by Sarah Davachi
In The Grand Luxe Hall (2016)
for amplified cello and sine tones
commissioned by Western Front New Music
recorded 4 November 2016 at Western Front (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
performed by Sarah Davachi (EMS Synthi AKS synthesizer) with Marina Hasselberg (cello) and Richard Smith (EMS Synthi AKS synthesizer)
Stile Vuoto (2018)
for pipe organ and string trio
commissioned by Organ Reframed
recorded 3 May 2021 at Chapelle du Séminaire (Québec, QC, Canada) as part of 'Printemps de la Musique'
performed by E27 Musiques Nouvelles (Christine Lavallière, violin; Pascale Rivard, viola; Marie-Loup Cottinet, cello) and Concours d'Orgue du Québec (Jocelyn Lafond, organ)
recorded and mixed by Mathieu Grégoire
courtesy of Artéfact Urbain (executive producer) and Culture Capitale-Nationale and Chaudière Appalaches ('Printemps de la Musique' producer)
Harmonies in Grey (2021)
for solo organ
recorded 11 May 2022 at Emmaus Kirche (Berlin, Germany)
performed by Sarah Davachi
Harmonies in Green (2021)
for solo organ
recorded 28 May 2022 at Pacific Spirit United Church (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
performed by Sarah Davachi
courtesy of Vancouver New Music
Lower Visions (2021)
in residence at the National Music Centre
I. Hammond Novachord
II. Hammond B3
III. Gerrit Klop chamber organ + EML Electrocomp 101 synthesizer
IV. E-Mu modular synthesizer
recorded 19-25 July 2021 at the National Music Centre (Calgary, AB, Canada)
performed by Sarah Davachi
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It took me three months to settle in the meterological pace of this monolith. But there is joy in forgetting the time. Fair warning: your boss might curse this album. aisthetic
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This is one of the best albums i've ever heard. I swear, I will never hear anything like it again.
Don't tell anyone but I cried the first time I heard it. rewritephobia
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Inspired by the Welsh notion of “cynefin,” which is thematically similar to the LP’s title, “Notes on Belonging” is both warm and wistful. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 16, 2017
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nothing short of crushingly beautiful. i found this album around the time it came out and it didn't make sense to me then. it does now. every drone, every note, every pull & push between the sounds. my very being crushed by the softness of each and every collision. im being slowly regurgitated back into reality with each listen. warm like a mother's womb. soft like a cigarette infested pillow. i have nothing but praise for this record. i was able to feel things i did not think were possible. ppr jack