Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa [LP]

Secret City

£18.70

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: SCR162LP
Barcode: 0680341626017
Release Date: 20 Oct 2023
Genre: Modern Classical

TRACKLIST:
1. Mehcinut 04:46
2. Essuwonike 05:43
3. Eqpahak 03:05
4. Ultestakon 03:41
5.'kotuwossomikhal 01:59
6. Sakomawit 03:32
7. Oqiton 03:51
8. Nipuwoltin 02:09
9. Pomok naka Poktoinskwes 06:09
10. Qonute 03:33
11. Koselwintuwakon 02:47

Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa is the debut album by Canadian composer and tenor, Jeremy Dutcher – which involves post-classical rearrangement of his Wolastoq First Nation traditional music. Granted access to the Canadian Museum of History, Jeremy discovered wax cylinders from 1907 of his ancestors singing forgotten songs and stories that had been taken from the Wolastoqiyik Nation generations ago. The album is Jeremy’s contribution to his heritage and community in attempts to revitalize the Wolastoq language to the world, which has less than 100 speakers alive today. This collection of ground breaking post-classical arrangements is truly one of a kind and recalls the mood of Rufus Wainwright's operatic performance or the haunting pop of Anthony & The Johnsons.