CD recording session of
Fleeting
by Linda Verrier
for flute, marimba, vibraphone and chamber orchestra
Leader: Yuri Torchinsky
Producer: Mike George
Sound Engineer: Steve Rinker
In November 2015, musicians from the BBC Philharmonic recorded Linda Verrier's Fleeting in MediaCity Studios for a CD. Click to hear the recording.
Fleeting is a short work about a remote place in Canada, called Métis-sur-Mer - where Canadian-born composer, Linda Verrier visits most summers. Metis, on the Gaspé peninsular, crudely translates into meeting point, and would have been the summer hunting and fishing ground of the Mic Mac tribe. It's a place of amazing beauty - Scottish settlers later chose it as it reminded them of their homeland. Later still, it was the site of a liner disaster, 2 years after Titanic. The Empress of Ireland sank in only 14 minutes (the length of this piece) very close to shore, and, because of the dense fog and the speed of the sinking, almost all perished. These elements, along with the song of the White Throated Sparrow - who sings 'Canada, Canada, Canada' - are all fused together into this piece.
- Flute: Helen Wilson
- Marimba: David Elliott
- Vibraphone: Paul Patrick
Leader: Yuri Torchinsky
Producer: Mike George
Sound Engineer: Steve Rinker
In November 2015, musicians from the BBC Philharmonic recorded Linda Verrier's Fleeting in MediaCity Studios for a CD. Click to hear the recording.
Fleeting is a short work about a remote place in Canada, called Métis-sur-Mer - where Canadian-born composer, Linda Verrier visits most summers. Metis, on the Gaspé peninsular, crudely translates into meeting point, and would have been the summer hunting and fishing ground of the Mic Mac tribe. It's a place of amazing beauty - Scottish settlers later chose it as it reminded them of their homeland. Later still, it was the site of a liner disaster, 2 years after Titanic. The Empress of Ireland sank in only 14 minutes (the length of this piece) very close to shore, and, because of the dense fog and the speed of the sinking, almost all perished. These elements, along with the song of the White Throated Sparrow - who sings 'Canada, Canada, Canada' - are all fused together into this piece.
Gooseberry Rock by Wendy Verrier will feature on the CD cover. The lighthouse of Métis can clearly be seen. This would have been the last point of reference for the Norwegian collier Storstad, on the 29th May 1914, before the dense fog masked the Empress of Ireland. |
The elusive call of the white throated sparrow echoes eternally in the forest The beauty of its shifting pitches, varying lengths and pauses, are 'not of this world' A transcendental journey through the woods towards the sea begins Suffused with light and darkness, evocative memories of the land and sea resonate and weave together thoughts and sounds Layers of single series of moments caught in and out of place and time, begin to reflect and reveal the shadows They dance and flicker, bending to the will of the wind and rain, sea and stars They beckon in reverential tones and whisper to the little sparrow gently, belying their darker brooding nature Unanswered, the little bird sings right to the end However fleeting, the imprint of the call never fades. |
LV, 2015