The Room is the Resonator

Programme note: Throughout the piece the cello plays against a long, held chord which I recorded on an old harmonium that resides in the garage of my girlfriend’s mother in Aberdeen. There’s something about that instrument, that garage, that day – there’s a stillness in that room, you can hear yourself. As I sat there listening to the pedals pushing air through the instrument my mind drifted to other places, other rooms…

– David Fennessy

This film was recorded as part of the London Sinfonietta’s Turning Points: Sound Unwrapped concert on 24 June 2023 at Kings Place.