Kirkos perform Ian Wilson and Annea Lockwood

Performers: Lina Andonovska – Flute; Ali Comerford – Viola; Yseult Cooper Stockdale – Cello; Erin Hennessey – Violin; Hannah Miller – Horn; Berginald Rash – Clarinets; Nick Roth – Saxophones.

On Saturday 22 October at Boys School, Smock Alley Theatre, Kirkos presents The Song Ring’d Sky a new piece by Ian Wilson and bayou-borne, for Pauline by New Zealand-born American composer Annea Lockwood.

Both pieces have a strong ecological element and an interesting use of space:

The song-ring’d sky (string trio, horn, flute, alto saxophone & bass clarinet) is an environmental birdsong piece that uses the cries and call of some of the highest-flying birds in the world as source material and plays with horizontal and vertical space of the Boys’ School in Smock Alley.

bayou-borne, for Pauline (six players) is a map of the six bayous converging near Houston, Texas, with accompanying instructions. Performers improvise, each following one of the six bayous on the map. In the score, Lockwood writes, ‘while these rivers normally move sluggishly, their character changed powerfully during Hurricane Harvey (August 2017), when rapids formed, currents accelerated considerably and placid bayous became fierce conduits of floodwaters which devastated the Houston area and caused many deaths.’

Programme

Ian Wilson - The song-ring’d sky (string trio, horn, flute, alto saxophone & bass clarinet)

Annea Lockwood - bayou-borne, for Pauline (violin, cello, horn, flute, alto saxophone & bass clarinet)

Tickets

Tickets available via Smock Alley Theatre.