Samuel Beckett: Stirrings Still - Trevor Bača, Jack Quartet, Paul Griffiths | Out Now

“Stirrings Still” – Samuel Beckett’s last message in prose, read by Paul Griffiths alongside music composed by Trevor Bača, imagined for and performed by the JACK Quartet – is out now on CD and digital platforms. More monologue than story, the original text comes from a narrator on the edge between life and what lies beyond. Beckett cherished music, in particular the songs and string quartets of Franz Schubert. His writing is musical, in its meticulous phrasing, its use of repetition, and often its form. The music, created for this release by composer Trevor Bača, is no accompaniment but rather a parallel stream, heard in alternation with the words, reflecting and contemplating what they have to say. Imagined for the musicianship of the JACK Quartet, it is a stream into which the listener is drawn from time to time, not away from the words but more deeply into them, through another medium. Stirrings Still was recorded in 2023 and 2024 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, and produced by Manfred Eicher. Listen to and get the album from here.: https://ecm.lnk.to/StirringStill Website: https://www.ecmrecords.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecmrecords Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ecm_records