#4056: New Sounds Live: Colin Stetson's "Sorrow," Gorecki Reworked
From the New Sounds Live concert series, recorded at Brookfield Place in October 2017, hear "Sorrow" - sax player and composer Colin Stetson’s arrangement for mixed classical and rock ensemble of Polish composer Henryk Gorecki’s "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs."
Stetson is probably best known for his work with Arcade Fire, Lou Reed, Bon Iver, and others, while his acrobatic and unbelievable solo and duo performances leave an unforgettable impression. Stetson’s arrangement of Gorecki’s three-movement symphony keeps the soprano voice and the poignant strings (his sister, Megan Stetson and Sarah Neufeld of Arcade Fire, Rebecca Foon of Esmerine), but alters the instrumentation, using woodwinds, synthesizers, and electric guitars together with drummer Greg Fox (Liturgy, Guardian Alien, Skeletons.) Stetson is true to the long, aching melodies of Gorecki’s original, but there are teeth. There are also alternately droning and snarling saxophone and climactic moments that echo the rhythmic and textural tension of black metal. Surely Gorecki would not have imagined this sound, but have a listen to Stetson’s thrilling, heartfelt, and slightly compressed take on this contemporary classic.
ARTIST: Colin Stetson, Megan Stetson, Rebecca Foon, Greg Fox, chamber players
WORK: "Sorrow: I", "Sorrow II," "Sorrow III" [13:45]
RECORDING: Recorded at Brookfield Place, Oct. 13, 2017
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The record is available via Kartel Music Group & colinstetson.bandcamp.com
