NMD 2021 - Crash Ensemble : Granulated Frequencies
Live Stream
The world premiere of ‘Metamold’ by the 2019 Barlow Prize Winner, Bekah Simms and the world premiere of ‘Images & Sensations’ by Irish producer and DJ Ellen King (ELLLL), a Crash Ensemble & New Music Dublin co-commission alongside [REACTIONS] - new music from David Fennessy and Anna Murray set to film by videographer Laura Sheeran.
‘Metamold’ is a new work from Bekah Simms, the 2019 Barlow prize winner. Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University for three ensembles: Eighth Blackbird, New York New Music Ensemble and Crash Ensemble.
Bekah Simms Metamold
Ellen King Images and Sensations
Crash Ensemble
Ryan McAdams Conductor
Laura Sheeran, Visuals
Images & Sensations is a Crash Ensemble and New Music Dublin commission from Irish producer and DJ Ellen King (ELLLL)
[REACTIONS] An honest, human and emotive response for now and the future.
Amidst the onset of the global pandemic, in 2020, Crash Ensemble commissioned 9 Irish composers - established, up and coming and from outside of the contemporary music sphere - to write unique new works for duos within the group. Composers were asked to create a musical response - a political or personal response to their experiences, the current state, or their thoughts for the future.
Filmmaker Laura Sheeran was commissioned to make an accompanying film for each work, combining footage from the recording sessions alongside text and imagery.
[REACTIONS]
Composers:
David Fennessy
Anna Murray
Performers:
Crash Ensemble
Videographer:
Laura Sheeran