The next IPNM concert features music by American composer Tom Johnson.

Tom Johnson coined the term 'minimalism' for such composers as Steve Reich and Philip Glass. At this concert he will introduce some of his own works. Galileo, a composition for self-invented percussion instrument based on Galileo's Law of Pendulums, will be performed by the composer himself. He says of the piece:

"The day Galileo Galilei discovered the law of the pendulum, I'm sure he thought he was reading the book of nature, and when I play my pendulums I sometimes have a similar feeling. I can not control their movement and can only try to follow their rhythm, their natural rhythm.

"The law of the pendulum is only one among thousands of laws that control the world we live in, not counting those yet undiscovered, but it is a natural law that can be seen and heard rather easily, and often people who attend performances of Galileo also feel that they are not only hearing music, but also reading a bit from the book of nature."

The concert also includes performances by Deirdre O'Leary and Malachy Robinson of Talking, Bedtime Stories and Failing: A very difficult piece for String Bass.

The concert takes place in the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, on Wednesday 1 November at 6.00pm.

Posted: 30 October 2006