ARTIST...: Claire M Singer
TITLE....: Fairge
YEAR.....: 2017
LABEL....: Touch
CAT.NO...: Tone 59
GENRE....: Electronic
TIME.....: 20:56
SIZE.....: 47,92 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44,1kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2017/11/14
WEBSITE..: https://play.google.com
TRACKLIST
01) (20:56) Fairge
Following 16 months after Scottish artist Claire M Singer's debut album comes the
release of the beautiful and intriguing 'Fairge', meaning 'the ocean' or 'the sea' in
Scottish Gaelic. 'Fairge' is a single 21-minute piece for organ, cello and
electronics, composed, performed and produced by Claire, it's very much a companion
work to the title track on her debut album 'Solas' (Touch, 2016).
"Commissioned by Amsterdam's oldest building and parish church Oude Kerk, 'Fairge'
premiered at the church in February 2017. Claire M Singer's performance on the Ahrend
and Bunzema organ, cello and electronics is truly captivating. The work very much
encapsulates her signature style of expansive soundscapes full of intricate textures,
rich overtones and powerful swells, emotionally resonating from beginning to end.
'Fairge' was written specifically for the Ahered and Bunzema organ and explores the
precise control of wind through the pipes using mechanical stop action. This creates
a lush harmonic backdrop against the harmonics and melody of the haunting cello.
"Oude Kerk were very generous in letting me have time to explore and really get to
know the instrument. The work was developed over many visits sitting in the church
until the very wee hours over the winter months, which was incredibly magical and
inspiring. When working with mechanical stops and precisely controlling the amount of
air that passes through the pipes it requires a lot of practice and exploration to
learn each incremental sound the organ can make and what the quirks of the instrument
can be. As every organ is unique, the piece will differ on other organs but that's
what makes writing and working with the organ so fascinating. The tuning is mean-tone
temperament, which I have not worked with previously. With 'Fairge' I really wanted
to show how special this relatively small organ is and the beautiful pallet of sound
it can produce." [Claire M Singer, September 2017]
Claire is Music Director of the organ at Union Chapel and Artistic Director of the
Organ Reframed festival."
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