Recorded for Kirkos Biosphere on 21st September 2020 at the Hellfire Club, Dublin.
Instrumentation: violin, 3 field recorders
Type: solo/multimedia
Year: 2020
Premiere: Kirkos Biosphere on 21st September 2020 at the Hellfire Club, Dublin. Performed by Jane Hackett (violin), Paul Scully, Ilona Adams and Robert Coleman (field recorders)
Duration: 20’
Decay is inherent in all things
These words are said to be some of the last spoken by Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha.
Decay is inherent in all things is an outdoor work for solo violin and 3 field recorders and 3 portable speakers.
A chain of these microphones and speakers line up across the site. Sounds are recorded and played back and passed down the chain, each time getting more decayed but also picking up new sounds in the process. A kind of structural and temporal counterpoint emerges between the violin and it's decaying self which moves further and further into the distance.
This work deals with one of my main fascinations: creating multiple viewpoints or perspectives on musical material and in this case it also allows the surrounding soundscape to seep in and become part of the fabric of the work.
Commissioned by Jane Hackett with funds from the Arts Council of Ireland, Music Commission Award 2019