Two Sisters

Releases September 2022 All compositions by Sarah Davachi 'Alas, Departing' based on 'Alas Departynge is Ground of Woo' (Anon., ca 1450) Recorded between January and November 2021 carillon on 'Hall of Mirrors' performed and recorded by Tiffany Ng mezzo-soprano on 'Alas, Departing' performed and recorded by Jessika Kenney contralto on 'Alas, Departing' performed and recorded by Dorothy Berry violin on 'Icon Studies I' performed and recorded by Johnny Chang viola on 'Icon Studies I' performed and recorded by Andrew McIntosh cello on 'Icon Studies I' performed and recorded by Judith Hamann quartertone bass flute and alto Renaissance recorder on 'Icon Studies I' performed by Rebecca Lane, recorded by Sam Dunscombe violins on 'Icon Studies II' performed by Mira Benjamin and Gordon MacKay, recorded by Simon Limbrick viola on 'Icon Studies II' performed by Bridget Carey, recorded by Simon Limbrick cello on 'Icon Studies II' performed by Anton Lukoszevieze, recorded by Simon Limbrick trombone on 'En Bas Tu Vois' performed by Mattie Barbier, recorded by Sarah Davachi quartertone bass flute on 'O World and the Clear Song' performed by Rebecca Lane, recorded by Sam Dunscombe electric organ (on 'Hall of Mirrors), reed organ (on 'Icon Studies I'), pipe organs (on 'Vanity of Ages', 'Harmonies in Bronze', 'Harmonies in Green', and 'O World and the Clear Song'), synthesizer (on 'Icon Studies I'), and bell plates (on 'O World and the Clear Song') performed and recorded by Sarah Davachi Mixed by Sarah Davachi at Alms Vert in Los Angeles, CA, USA Mastered by Sean McCann

On her new album, the Canadian artist collages 18th-century pipe organs and cavernous drone music. It is a dark encounter between the past and present, revealing the full range of her gifts as a composer.

Sarah Davachi ties together the distant past with future exploration on the beautiful and evocative Two Sisters, an excellent example her musical imagination