John Croft: Seirenes
Richard Craig (flutes), Emma Richards (viola), Diego Castro Magaš (guitar), Alice Purton (cello), Séverine Ballon (cello), Marij van Gorkom (bass clarinet)
If I had to categorize Croft’s compositions, I might call them Spectral, but that would also be a kind of detraction from the music’s originality and impact. Disconcerting, darkly beautiful...
John Croft: Seirenes
Richard Craig (flutes), Emma Richards (viola), Diego Castro Magaš (guitar), Alice Purton (cello), Séverine Ballon (cello), Marij van Gorkom (bass clarinet)
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If I had to categorize Croft’s compositions, I might call them Spectral, but that would also be a kind of detraction from the music’s originality and impact. Disconcerting, darkly beautiful...
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“The sirens are ‘entwiners’ (from the Greek seiraô, to bind or entwine). In John Croft’s Seirenes, whose five movements form the centrepiece of this disc, the title refers to the way in which lines twist together and entangle to form a single, slow melody, sometimes distinct, sometimes obscured, as if carried by the wind. This cycle is presented alongside three pieces for soloist and live electronics, exploring the various ways that the sound of an instrument can be treated and transformed in real time, to create new colours, intensities, and haloes of sound.”
Contents and tracklist
- Richard Craig, John Croft (electronics)
- Emma Richards
- Séverine Ballon, John Croft (electronics)
Awards and reviews
March/April 2020
If I had to categorize Croft’s compositions, I might call them Spectral, but that would also be a kind of detraction from the music’s originality and impact. Disconcerting, darkly beautiful and sometimes even implying modality, Croft’s tone poems—because that’s really what they are—prove absorbing, challenging and ultimately rewarding.
