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Harrison: Solos & Duos For Strings & Piano
Toccata

Harrison: Solos & Duos For Strings & Piano

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Composer
HARRISON, SADIE
Artist
Skaerved, Chadwick, Mathews, Trandafilovski
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Jul 10, 2015
Catalog #
TOCC0304
UPC
5060113443045

About

The Australian-British Sadie Harrison is no ordinary composer: she is also an archaeologist and a professional gardener. So it is hardly surprising that a fascination with historical artifacts and biological processes filters into her music. The instrumental miniatures on this recording are both slow and brutal, some of them mirroring ancient worlds and natural phenomena and others taking their starting point in the paintings of Brian Graham and Peter Sheppard Skærved, expressing visual and textural ideas in sound. All are first recordings.

REVIEW:

Australian-born and UK-based, Sadie Harrison took some time out from composition to work as an archaeologist and professional gardener, activities which nourish these new works, mostly written in the past four years. Her fascination with fragments, minutiae and painted miniatures has resulted in five groups of tiny pieces each lasting around three minutes or less. The shortest is 24 seconds! Gallery (Rooms I and II) for solo violin—19 musical glimpses to be played in any order—takes the paintings of the versatile violinist Peter Sheppard-Skaerved as a starting point. Hidden Ceremonies, for piano, explores prehistory as depicted through paintings by Brian Graham. Musical echoes, from Vaughan Williams to Stravinsky to Aghanistan and beyond, are woven into Harrison’s works, each glittering in their intensity.

-- The Guardian

Tracklist 39 tracks

  1. 1 Room 1: I. The Flight of Swallows 03:21
    Track
    1
    Title
    Room 1: I. The Flight of Swallows
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  2. 2 Room 1: II. Mint Tea in an Empty Medina 01:46
    Track
    2
    Title
    Room 1: II. Mint Tea in an Empty Medina
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  3. 3 Room 1: III. … same strand … 02:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    Room 1: III. … same strand …
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  4. 4 Room 1: IV. Measure for Measure 01:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    Room 1: IV. Measure for Measure
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  5. 5 Room 1: V. The wonder of flying or Time for the night of practise 00:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    Room 1: V. The wonder of flying or Time for the night of practise
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  6. 6 Room 1: VI. Return from Lysoen 01:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    Room 1: VI. Return from Lysoen
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  7. 7 Room 1: VII. Coffee with Aphra Behn: Westminster Abbey Cloisters 03:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    Room 1: VII. Coffee with Aphra Behn: Westminster Abbey Cloisters
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  8. 8 Room 1: VIII. Nur punktlich 02:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    Room 1: VIII. Nur punktlich
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  9. 9 Room 1: IX. Sheppard's Meadow 01:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    Room 1: IX. Sheppard's Meadow
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  10. 10 Room 1: X. Two morning lights 01:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    Room 1: X. Two morning lights
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  11. 11 Room 1: XI. It rubs off 01:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    Room 1: XI. It rubs off
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  12. 12 Room 2: I. The writing cabin in the woods 01:48
    Track
    12
    Title
    Room 2: I. The writing cabin in the woods
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  13. 13 Room 2: II. Scheherazade 01:22
    Track
    13
    Title
    Room 2: II. Scheherazade
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  14. 14 Room 2: III. Early Responses to the Thames 1990 I: Twilight … Dawn 01:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    Room 2: III. Early Responses to the Thames 1990 I: Twilight … Dawn
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  15. 15 Room 2: IV. Practising Sadie Harrison 01:48
    Track
    15
    Title
    Room 2: IV. Practising Sadie Harrison
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  16. 16 Room 2: V. Lachrymae after Cotton Eye Joe 02:44
    Track
    16
    Title
    Room 2: V. Lachrymae after Cotton Eye Joe
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  17. 17 Room 2: VI. Stormfactory: Stravinsky 'Three Pieces' 01:22
    Track
    17
    Title
    Room 2: VI. Stormfactory: Stravinsky 'Three Pieces'
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  18. 18 Room 2: VII. Cymbeline's Fort 03:28
    Track
    18
    Title
    Room 2: VII. Cymbeline's Fort
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  19. 19 Room 2: VIII. Sarabande/double - walk through the graveyard 02:16
    Track
    19
    Title
    Room 2: VIII. Sarabande/double - walk through the graveyard
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  20. 20 … ballare una passacaglia di ombre … 03:36
    Track
    20
    Title
    … ballare una passacaglia di ombre …
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  21. 21 No. 1. after Antiphon 01:26
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 1. after Antiphon
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Roderick Chadwick
  22. 22 No. 2. after Sacrarium 03:49
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 2. after Sacrarium
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Roderick Chadwick
  23. 23 No. 3. after Palimpsest 00:27
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 3. after Palimpsest
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Roderick Chadwick
  24. 24 No. 4. after The Intervening Figure 01:05
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 4. after The Intervening Figure
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Roderick Chadwick
  25. 25 No. 5. after Flint 00:24
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 5. after Flint
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Roderick Chadwick
  26. 26 No. 6. after Hearth 01:10
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 6. after Hearth
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Roderick Chadwick
  27. 27 No. 7. after Hidden Ceremony 01:21
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 7. after Hidden Ceremony
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Roderick Chadwick
  28. 28 No. 8. after Spine 00:27
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 8. after Spine
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Roderick Chadwick
  29. 29 No. 9. after Antler Music 00:55
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 9. after Antler Music
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Roderick Chadwick
  30. 30 No. 1. Diana 01:41
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 1. Diana
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Diana Mathews
  31. 31 No. 2. Hecate 02:17
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 2. Hecate
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Diana Mathews
  32. 32 No. 3. Selene 03:10
    Track
    32
    Title
    No. 3. Selene
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Diana Mathews
  33. 33 I. The Vision of Anne Catherine Emmerich 02:12
    Track
    33
    Title
    I. The Vision of Anne Catherine Emmerich
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski
  34. 34 II. The Life of Skin 00:31
    Track
    34
    Title
    II. The Life of Skin
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski
  35. 35 III. Brahma's Angels - Indra's Thunderbolt - Vaivasvata's Ark 02:58
    Track
    35
    Title
    III. Brahma's Angels - Indra's Thunderbolt - Vaivasvata's Ark
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski
  36. 36 IV. The Thousand Songs of Thebes 01:13
    Track
    36
    Title
    IV. The Thousand Songs of Thebes
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski
  37. 37 V. Albrecht Durer Self-Portrait 1500 AD - The Frankfurt Zoll 02:53
    Track
    37
    Title
    V. Albrecht Durer Self-Portrait 1500 AD - The Frankfurt Zoll
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski
  38. 38 VI. Tourmaline 00:42
    Track
    38
    Title
    VI. Tourmaline
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski
  39. 39 VII. The Curse with Turtledoves 02:15
    Track
    39
    Title
    VII. The Curse with Turtledoves
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Sadie Harrison
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski