acousmatic work, 2004 - 2008: 6. Tenebrae, 2008 [11:54]
Tenebrae explores the sound world of Seville’s Holy Week (Semana Santa) processions. Throughout the week leading up to Easter Sunday, 58 Sevillian brotherhoods take to the streets in large scale...
View Articleacousmatic work, 2004 - 2008: 5. Ceol Mhor, 2008 [14:12]
Ceol Mhor, the Scots Gaelic term for ‘big music’, is the music of the Great Highland Bagpipe. Also known as pìobaireachd (pibroch), which means ‘piping’, pibroch refers to a formal art requiring...
View Articleacousmatic work, 2004 - 2008: 4. “Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises”,...
“Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises” continues my investigation into musical syntax, articulation, detailed craftsmanship and the structural use of a programme. I wanted to create a fabulous...
View Articleacousmatic work, 2004 - 2008: 3. Maya, 2005 [10:02]
Maya sees the beginning of an interest in narrative and programmatic musical structure. In Maya, the programme was based on ideas of creation, sustain and destruction and served more as a poietic aid....
View Articleacousmatic work, 2004 - 2008: 2. Cut Glass Bowls, 2004 [8:23]
My orchestra of hand-made instruments includes a collection of cut glass bowls. In Cut Glass Bowls I was influenced to some extent by the work of Harry Partch. I cut the bowls to different sizes,...
View Articleacousmatic work, 2004 - 2008: 1. …dévoiler…déplier…, 2007 [11:32]
…dévoiler…déplier… is informed by a concern with the focused acousmatic listening process allied to my ongoing research into Vipassana meditation. Vipassana, (‘to perceive’) is a non-prescriptive form...
View Articlemindweeds: 1. mindweeds
field recordings at the Ettrick Marshes in the Scottish Borders: manifestations of rural architecture bridge and bird hide marsh ambience distant anthrophonies
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