FIRL: Clair De Lune
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FIRL launch of a canopy of Debussy’s Clair De Lune through their very own lable Gaos Music forward of their debut album, Wildwood, and announce gig on the Royal Albert Corridor
Possibly slightly completely different to most LTW tastes however take into account it a welcome escape or a second of calm away from the unseasonably heat climate and the chaos on the earth for the time being on the whole… a possibility to cease and take a second to breathe.
While the identify could also be unfamiliar, it’s possible sooner or later you’ll have heard of the artists earlier endeavours. Eos Counsell (violin, programming) and Homosexual-Yee Westerhoff (cello, piano/keyboards) simply occur to make up half of the Australian/British string quartet Bond, probably the most profitable inside that style of all time. They’ve bought 5 million albums, and counting, and have been such a phenomenon they’ve carried out in Instances Sq., rang the ultimate bell on the NY inventory alternate, bought out Sydney Opera Home, and have been featured in each the Tokyo and London Olympics.
Eos has labored on soundtracks for the likes or Sherlock, Good Omens, Dr Who, and plenty of Marvel motion pictures in addition to recorded with Paul McCartney, Nick Cave, The Cocteau Twins, Julian Cope and Badly Drawn Boy while Homosexual-Yee has labored with Primal Scream, the Spice Women, Talvin Singh and The Lightning Seeds. (This being a really truncated model of the pairs credit which would want an article on it’s personal).
FIRL are to launch their album on sixth June. Wildwood is a set of cinematic, nature-inspired compositions for cello, violin, piano and birdsong and was “impressed by the wonder, thriller and surprise of the pure world, and the various various cultures we have now encountered on our travels.” It contains this single, the pair’s tackle the gorgeous Clair De Lune.
To mark the discharge of the album FIRL might be taking part in at The Elgar Room at London’s Royal Albert Corridor on Tuesday 10 June. The duo might be accompanied by very particular visitors, the multi-award successful composers David Arnold and Nitin Sawhney.
Tickets for the the Royal Albert Corridor can be found right here
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