Composer John Kameel Farah treats the organ as the first analog synthesizer. He loops and transforms its sound, improvising over electronic patterns and soundscapes, intertwining Middle-Eastern modes and melodies with Renaissance and Baroque harmonies and counterpoint. Pieces of Bach emerge occasionally, re-composed with electronic accompaniment. The interplay of organ and synthesizer sounds blur and meld as they reverberate in the church’s acoustic space, creating an experience Farah calls “Baroque-Mid-Eastern-Cyberpunk.”
MUSIC FOR ORGAN & SYNTHESIZERS
Sunday, Nov. 13
Église St-Stanislas de Kostka
1350 Bd Saint-Joseph E, Montréal
doors open 7:30pm / concert 8:00pm
entry 10$ at the door
www.johnfarah.com
John Kameel Farah is a composer-pianist based between Berlin and Toronto. He studied piano and composition at the University of Toronto, where he was a two-time recipient of the Glenn Gould Composition Award, later having private lessons with Terry Riley in California. In 1998 he gave a recital of the solo piano works of Arnold Schönberg in Toronto, and in 2016 performed the first book of Bach’s “Das Wohltemperierte Klavier” in Berlin. He has been a member of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble since 2009.
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