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Fragments from the Academy of Very Ancient Music

from Facets by The String Contingent

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Fragment from the Academy of Very Ancient Music with Genevieve Lacey began as a 12-note lament from Graham. It traverses three recorders, multiple musical landscapes and contrasts birdsong, baroque and primordial ooze. Genevieve describes the piece as 'elegiac memories filtered through time, joyful as well as wistful, sometimes longing, always inhabiting the beautiful, fey landscapes that our instruments conjured up'. The title references a Leunig cartoon celebrating the very ancient music of nature.

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from Facets, released April 4, 2015
Composed by Graham McLeod, arranged Geneveive Lacey and The String Contingent.

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The String Contingent have reached ‘the upper echelon of instrumental exploration, arrangement, composition and performance’ (Tony Hillier, Rhythms Magazine). Their music ‘brings to mind the bluegrass records of Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer … with elements of Bach, Kronos Quartet and sometimes a splash of Philip Glass ... they are incredibly skilled ...’ (Ulf Torstensson, Lira Magazine). ... more

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