hairst
Dec 10, 2022, 09:53 AM
"hairst is my remixed, reimagining of a cello improvisation sample recorded at Brookes University, Oxford, as part of Autumn Project by Cities and Memory.
'Using entirely cut sections of the original audio to create all of the musical elements, the sounds were recomposed and mingled with my own field recordings captured in the Scottish Borders over the autumn months to evoke the changeable elements of hairst, meaning harvest or autumn in Scottish dialect.
"hairst emanates from the heralding of the harvest and the last hurrahs of summer, blossoming splendours in russet and gold, the slow undressing of trees in chill northerly breezes, skeins of geese daubing darkening evening skies like Matisse sketches, the wheezy flight of swans at dawn over swollen, misty waters and the final bowls match of the closing season before the setting of winter."
Oxford cello improvisation reimagined by Claro Correcto - Claire Todd.
'Using entirely cut sections of the original audio to create all of the musical elements, the sounds were recomposed and mingled with my own field recordings captured in the Scottish Borders over the autumn months to evoke the changeable elements of hairst, meaning harvest or autumn in Scottish dialect.
"hairst emanates from the heralding of the harvest and the last hurrahs of summer, blossoming splendours in russet and gold, the slow undressing of trees in chill northerly breezes, skeins of geese daubing darkening evening skies like Matisse sketches, the wheezy flight of swans at dawn over swollen, misty waters and the final bowls match of the closing season before the setting of winter."
Oxford cello improvisation reimagined by Claro Correcto - Claire Todd.