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Expectations of a Lifetime [PRE​-​ORDER]

by Esther Swift

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warren wigutow I’m marching round the house chanting “Ten days….” instead of getting ready for work.
A lovely first look. Expectations indeed!!!
Spring is starting off with a spiritual bounce!
Thanks Esther!

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Opening
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Blue
3.
Lateral Flow 03:43
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Problems to Sharpen the Young I.
5.
Work and Play
6.
Snow Day
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The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate
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One Cigarette
9.
Swifts
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Vessels
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Expectations of a Lifetime
12.
The Lake of Innisfree

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releases June 14, 2024

Esther Swift: Production, composition, lyrics, harp and vocals

Vulva Voce:
Georgina MacDonall-Finlayson: Violin
Julia Sandros-Alper - Violin
Nadia Eskandari - Viola
Lucy McLuckie - Cello

Alex Palmer: Drums and percussion
Fergus McCreadie: Piano
Dave Tunstall: Highland Pipes
Patrick Kenny: Trombone
Rachel McCrum: Spoken word at the start of The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate

Roderick Buchanon-Dunlop: Sound engineer, mixer and masterer
Photography by Oana Stanciu

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Roderick Buchanan-Dunlop at Heriot Toun Studios, Scotland
Produced by Esther Swift


'Problems to Sharpen the Young I.' and 'The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate (except)'
Poems by Rachel McCrum, taken from her book The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate, published by Stewed Rhubarb Press.

‘One Cigarette’ by Edwin Morgan (Centenary Selected Poems, 2020) is reprinted and used by permission of Carcanet Press, UK. Blackbird recorded by Roderick Buchanan-Dunlop.

The Lake of Innisfree recorded on an iPhone by Sam Lee at The Nest Collective’s Singing With Nightingales performance. Poem by W.B. Yeats

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Esther Swift Scotland, UK

Esther Swift explores ritual, connection, isolation, and the natural world in her performance with pedal harp and voice.

A prolific, boldly innovative harpist, composer and singer, Esther works across genres as diverse as classical chamber music and free improvisation, and writes for ensembles large and small. ... more

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