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WATER MUSIC source to sea
Water Music source to sea is a musical imagining of the journey taken by a raindrop as it travels along Scotland’s waterways. Field recordings, new commissions and existing works by Bach and contemporary classical and folk composers combine, creating a sonic immersion in one of Scotland’s most iconic natural resources. Beka Globe's bold photography forms a visual backdrop to the performance.
RAIN
Water Droplets Jean Sibelius
Invention 6 J.S Bach
End of Rain and Clear Sky Alastair Savage
RIVERS & LOCHS
Clōta’s Song (new commission) Lisa Robertson
The Burn (new commission) Timothy Cooper
Lochbroom (new commission) Mairearad Green
Invention 4 J.S. Bach
The Trows o’ Truggles Water
& Clubbi Shuns Chris Stout
SEA
The Estuary (new commission) Timothy Cooper
Reclaiming the Spirit (excerpt) Sarah Hopkins
Souch o’ da Laebrack Chris Stout
the ebb (new commission) Stuart MacRae
Invention 13 J.S Bach
The Waves (new commission) Timothy Cooper
Fisherman’s Prayer Chris Stout
Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude J. S Bach
Changeless and the changed David Fennessy
Whale, Bow, Echo Alex South & Sequoia
EPILOGUE
Invention 7 J.S Bach
Dynröst Chris Stout
PROGRAMME NOTES
End of Rain/Clear Sky Alastair Savage
Looking over to Arran from Ardrossan after the rain.
Clōta’s Song Lisa Robertson
The River Clyde’s name is thought to have derived from the name of a Celtic river goddess called ‘the great cleanser’. The Roman historian Tacitus first recorded the name of the river as Clōta. It is assumed that Clōta’s characteristics matched those of the river and that, embodied in the Clyde, she washed and purified the land she flowed over. However, this river, once worshipped as a goddess of purifcation has now become heavily polluted with plastic, which it has no choice but to carry to the sea. I wonder what Clōta herself would have to say about that.
The Trows o' Truggles Water Chris Stout
On an overnight fishing trip Chris camped near the hill loch Truggles Water. Awoken by a scrufflin' outside the tent he felt sure it was the Trows (mythical hill folk that inhabit Shetland) and was inspired to write this tune.
Clubbi Shuns Chris Stout
Clubbi Shuns is a charming little loch in the north mainland of Shetland (where the trout are known for putting up a good fight!)
Reclaiming the Spirit (excerpt) Sarah Hopkins
Opening section: Seagulls and earth drones
Souch o' da Laebrack Chris Stout
Laebrack is the Shetland term for surf; souch describes the sound of its retreat, just like a deep breath.
the ebb Stuart MacRae
the ebb imagines the sea from a variety of perspectives and scales: from the violent turbulence and spray of the surface through the coming and going of wave-like forms, to a more distant view of its vastness and the deceptive appearance of stillness.
Fisherman’s Prayer Chris Stout
This melody is inspired by the sentiment of the traditional Shetland tune Auld Swaara which mourns the loss of fisherman at sea.
The Changeless and the changed David Fennessy
This work portrays the remote isolation of St Kilda, a rocky archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Inhabited for at least 4000 years, the final islanders were evacuated in 1930.
Whale, Bow, Echo Alex South with Sequoia
Violin, cello and Fixed Media, Humpback Whale (recorded off Mo’orea 25.09.2019)
Whale, Bow, Echo takes its form from three themes sung by a humpback whale off the island of Mo’orea, French Polynesia, in September 2019 and translated into the musical gestures of violin and cello. The live instruments are placed in an imagined oceanic environment where their phrases reverberate and resonate, building up in waves determined by the slow tempo of the humpback’s song.
Dynröst Chris Stout
The Roost is a stretch of water that lies between Sumburgh Head and Fair Isle in Shetland
The Burn, The Estuary and The Waves are all field recordings by Timothy Cooper.
He sourced the sounds at the following Scottish locations:
Lowther Hills- The Burn
The Clyde Estuary at Blackwater Bay- The Estuary
Belhaven Beach- The Waves
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