Baba Yaga's Hut Presents:

Sarah Davachi, 2 organ performances at St James's Church, Sussex Gardens

This is a ticket for night 1, a two-show pass at a discounted rate available too.

Sarah Davachi will present a solo organ concert (on the Grand Organ at St James's originally constructed in 1882.) of new works from her forthcoming album, The Will of Tongues, to be released on Late Music on August 28, alongside several pieces from her previous album, The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir (2024).

Opening the concert will be a selection of Davachi's 'Interludes', a suite of consort pieces also featured on The Will of Tongues, to be performed by Standard Issue. On night one they will perform on bass clarinet, alto flute and bassoon. on night two on violin, viola and cello.

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Sarah Davachi (b. 1987, Canada) is a composer and performer whose work is concerned with the close intricacies of timbral and temporal space, utilizing extended durations and alternate tuning systems to underscore gradual variations in texture, harmonic complexity, intonation, and psychoacoustic phenomena. Her compositions span solo, chamber ensemble, and acousmatic formats, incorporating a wide range of both acoustic and electronic instrumentation. Similarly informed by minimalist and longform structures, early music concepts of intervallic relation and affect, as well as experimental production practices of the studio environment, in her sound is an intimate and patient experience that reconfigures perceptions of the familiar and the distant.

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Praised for their collaborative approach and ‘promoting international repertoire UK audiences ought to hear’ (Caroline Potter, I Care If You Listen) Standard Issue is a London-based new music collective dedicated to creating inclusive spaces to hear, see, and take part in new and experimental music.

They have collaborated with groups such as Ensemble Modern, Her Ensemble, Dig That Treasure!, Musarc Choir, and Sound and Music, and commissioned

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