TAYNTON by Ed Williams, Chloé Saffores
Taking music from Girolamo Frescobaldi's Fiori Musicali (1635) and Louis Couperin's "préludes non mesurés" (c.1650), we went to the church organ of St. Lawrence in Taynton, England, in summer 2023 to "decompose" what was written by these composers nearly 400 years earlier.
We worked with the resistance of the keys as our fingers became engaged in a dance requiring the utmost attention to contact, playing with tact and gravity, taking care of the unintentional arabesques of sound that escaped.
Tracklist
| 1. | Frescobaldi - Kirie Alio Modo I | 15:27 |
| 2. | Couperin - Prelude non mesuré no. 3 | 10:14 |
| 3. | Frescobaldi - Kirie Alio Modo II | 13:20 |
Credits
released April 1, 2024
Performed by Ed Williams and Chloé Saffores.
Recorded on iPhone in June 2023 at St. Lawrence Church, Taynton, Gloucestershire, England.
Performed by Ed Williams and Chloé Saffores.
Recorded on iPhone in June 2023 at St. Lawrence Church, Taynton, Gloucestershire, England.
License
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Ed Williams is a guitarist, harpsichordist and composer exploring the interstices between early music practices, noise improvisation and experimental composition.
They are currently based between Basel, Switzerland and Marseille, France.