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Stroma (Feat. James Ross)

from Dialogues by Su-a Lee

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5. STROMA (FEAT. JAMES ROSS)

SU-A:

James is a composer and pianist from Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. We originally met in 2008 when James was commissioned by two major Scottish festivals, Celtic Connections and the Blas Festival, to write a piece called Chasing the Sun for Mr. McFall’s Chamber. The 6-movement suite evoked a westward journey along Scotland's north coast, interweaving elements of folk, classical and jazz music, and we subsequently recorded it as an album. Since then, James and I have worked on several projects together and I’m always in awe of how his writing feels so connected to the soul.
Our approach to the arrangement for Stroma had improvisation at its heart. I extemporised on James’ beautiful slow jig, a tune drawn from his composer’s treasure chest of unrecorded melodies and fragments. For the central section, I sent him a few strands of improvised melodies, which James wove into the form you hear now. It all felt like such an organic process.

JAMES:

I wrote this jig several years ago and am so glad to finally find a reason to breathe life into it. It was inspired by the Isle of Stroma situated off the Caithness coast. The name Stroma comes from the Norse for “Island in the Stream” – referring to the strong tides of the Pentland Firth. I thought this melody would be a good starting point for us to collaborate, explore ideas and create an arrangement together. We worked remotely via email - sending ideas backwards and forwards over the space of several months. It was so lovely to take the time to work in this way.

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from Dialogues, released December 2, 2022
JIG: Stroma by James Ross, arr. S Lee & J Ross

James Ross – piano
Su-a Lee – cellos

Produced by Su-a Lee & Andrea Gobbi

Engineered by Andrea Gobbi - all tracks recorded, mixed & mastered by Andrea Gobbi at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow, except additional recording for track 2 by Rimmert van Lummel).

Album concept by Hamish Napier

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Su-a Lee is one of Scotland’s most versatile, adventurous and charismatic cellists - she's worked with icons Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce (Cream) and Peter Erskine (Weather Report) She works extensively in the UK classical and folk music scenes and is a founding member of the highly innovative Mr. McFall’s Chamber and a long standing member of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Assistant Principal Cello) ... more

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