Sarah Davachi

Sarah Davachi's work draws attention to the smallest shifts in resonance, drawn from a language informed by the minimalism of early music and experimental composition. Once these tones unfurl, the environment begins to feel suspended between memory and presence. An unhurried gravity forms, allowing textures to bloom gradually and reveal their inner complexity. Harmonic relationships breathe and recalibrate, beckoning the ear towards heightened awareness of vibration and intonation, subsuming them within the physical sensation of sound itself.

Davachi will present a solo organ concert of new works from her forthcoming album The Will of Tongues, alongside several pieces from her 2024 album The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir. The evening opens with a selection of Davachi's 'Interludes', a suite of consort pieces performed by a low woodwind ensemble of Rebecca Lane, Michiko Ogawa, and Miako Klein. Members of Berlin's Harmonic Space Orchestra, flautist Lane and clarinetist Ogawa bring architectural depth and deep auditory exploration into their classical precision, while Klein reconceptualizes deep acoustics. Employing various compositional strategies rooted in minimalist architecture, the unifying impulse of this three-vinyl album is a deep devotion to acoustic perception, functioning as an initiation into iterative focus bridging intimate proximity with expansive psychological terrains.

The Will of Tongues is out August 28 on Late Music.

Co-presented by MUTEK with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts.