Bower

The incomparable Genevieve Lacey performer, composer and creator of poetic, sensual worlds joins with internationally acclaimed Australian harpist Marshall McGuire to explore the unique power of music to offer comfort and renewal. ‘Music’s my element, something I need, like air and light. But for most of 2020, musicians couldn’t make live music with or f or other people. What to do, when the world tilts so sharply that it’s hard to stand? ‘During this time of isolation, people the wo rld round are yearning for shelter, both physical and spiritual. So I assembled a cast of people whose work I love, some of whom I’d never met: a harpist and a recording engineer, eight living composers, eight dead ones, two visual artists, a writer, filmmak er, lighting designer and producer. And together, we set out to create a sense of shelter: a nest, woven with memories, heart, hope. My mind went to bowerbirds and their obsessive collecting habits. And also, their ability to build magical architecture ou t of fragments structures that entwine art and survival. Slowly, gently, through a close to home, quietly attentive year, we eac h created our own versions of sanctuary. And then sifted, sorted and fashioned them into a bower.’ The exquisite album artwork, created by Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison, reflects the beauty and richness of the musical soundscapes presented on this album: sublime new music by Lou Bennett, Andrea Keller, Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey, John Rodgers, Lachlan Skipw

Tracks

1~1~Lou Bennett Baiyan Woka
1~2~John Playford Dancing Master Suite Jacob Van Eyck Bravade
1~3~Andrea Keller I Surrender
1~4~Henry Purcell Evening Hymn
1~5~Lachlan Skipworth Cavern
1~6~John Rodgers Birds For Genevieve
1~7~Erkki Veltheim A Tune For The Silvereye
1~8~Anonymous (18Th Century) Green Sleeves To A Ground
1~9~Erkki Veltheim Nocturne Over Blue Ruins
1~10~Cipriano De Rore Io Canterei Damor
1~11~Bree Van Reyk Threaded In Amongst The Infinite Threading
1~12~Anonymous (14Th Century) O Virgo Splendens
1~13~Madeleine Flynn & Tim Humphrey A Mutual Support For Precarious Times
1~14~Johann Jakob Froberger Lamentation
1~15~Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Passacaglia

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Genevieve Lacey, Marshall McGuire
Release Date: 05 July 2021
Genre: Classical Music
Label: Abc Classic
Distributor: Rocket Group