SALM: GAELIC PSALMS FROM THE HEBRIDES OF SCOTLAND Vol. 2 LP/Celtic Mass Singing

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'Salm: Gaelic Psalms From The Hebrides Of Scotland, Volume Two' LP (US, Arc Light Editions, Catalogue #ALE008) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2018 Arc Light Editions label LP edition (second volume) of intense mass religious vocal singing by the congregation of the Back Free Church on the Isle of Lewis, recorded over two evenings in the month of October of 2003. Hypnotic and spine tingling to the max.

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Arc Light Editions closes the year with a second volume of Gaelic psalm singing. The recordings documented here are from the same psalm singing sessions as the first, and both together represent a complete collection. This is music that is transcendent and together, about the individual and the earth, movingly spiritual with or without belief. The sound comes in great waves, swells of sound that break and roll around the space. The texture relies on the individuals: this is group singing where the individual is preserved, elevated, but together. The recordings of Gaelic psalm singing presented in the release are among the best ever captured. They document a living tradition, a form of religious singing from the Hebrides in Scotland, which is still practiced in Lewis. In Gaelic psalm singing, a precentor leads, and from here voices follow, moving together in great swells like the murmurations of birds. These recordings of Gaelic psalm singing were originally made over two evenings in the Back Free Church on the Isle of Lewis in October 2003. The singing was spontaneous and totally unrehearsed. The recordings are now presented on vinyl for the first time by Arc Light Editions. A precentor leads off with the first lines of a psalm, and the congregation follows, some faster than others, and each one remains discernible. In his notes to the original release, Calum Martin writes that the form, called precenting (where one person puts out the line and the congregation responds), while not exclusive to Gaelic free church traditions, is in Lewis particularly influenced by the pibroch style of free ornamentation. It's through this, he says, that the distinctive emotional swell of sound emerges. The sound relies on the congregation's individual responses to the melody and the individual precentor's leading. The musical term is free heterophony. Arc Light Editions has worked directly with DR Macdonald at the Bethesda Hospice and Calum Martin on this release, and they are to be thanked for their time. A portion of the profits from this release go directly to Bethesda Hospice, in accordance with the original release. Kraftliner sleeves printed in white litho, artwork by Jennifer Lucy Allan, and photography by James Ginzburg.

- Following Salm, Vol. 1, Arc Light Editions closes the year with a second volume of Gaelic psalm singing.
- In Gaelic psalm singing, a precentor leads, and from here voices follow, moving together in great swells like the murmurations of birds.
- These recordings of Gaelic psalm singing were originally made over two evenings in the Back Free Church on the Isle of Lewis in October 2003.
- the form, called precenting (where one person puts out the line and the congregation responds), while not exclusive to Gaelic free church traditions, is in Lewis particularly influenced by the pibroch style of free ornamentation.
- Kraftliner sleeves printed in white litho, artwork by Jennifer Lucy Allan, and photography by James Ginzburg.  

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

A1Psalm 69: 35-36 Torwood: Finlay MacDonald
A2Psalm 42:1-2 Glencairn: Torquil MacLeod
A3Psalm 43:3-4 Free Church: D R MacDonald
A4Psalm 46: Verse 1-2 Stroudwater: Rev R F Morrison
A5Psalm 107:28-30 Kilmarnock: John MacMillan
A6Psalm 121:1-3 French: Murdo Macleod
A7Psalm 118:15-16 Coleshill: D A Matheson
B1Psalm 62: 6-7 St Mary's: Rev K M Ferguson
B2Psalm 86: 15-16 Evan: Rev James MacDonald
B3Psalm 122: 1-4 St Paul: Rev I D Campbell
B4Psalm 40: 1-3 Ballerm: Murdo MacIver
B5Psalm 103: 13-14 Morven: Calum Martin
B6Psalm 132: 14-16 Bedford: Rev Calum MacLeod
B7Psalm 122: 7-9 New Cambridge: Rev C J MacLeod

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