Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble: Peaceline Perspectives
Firth Hall, University of Sheffield
Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble featuring works by CMC Composers Elaine Agnew, Ed Bennett, Greg Caffrey, Ailís Ní Ríain and Eduard Zatriqi.
Peaceline Perspectives: Voices from a Divided City features highly evocative pieces by Northern Irish composers from the last decade. The music is interwoven with voices and soundscapes inspired around Belfast’s Peaceline, which separates the nationalist and loyalist communities. This performance showcases the work of multiple composers whose musical voices are shaped by their shared heritage. Greg Caffrey’s Tout (a slang term meaning informer) reflects on the horror, danger and mistrust prevalent during Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Elaine Agnew’s I Want to tell you consists of instrumental duos accompanying a pre-recorded voice track of victims, survivors and displaced families affected by conflict, while Eduard Zatriqi’s War Games brings the programme to an impassioned and dramatic conclusion.
Programme
Ed Bennett - Revolver
Elaine Agnew - I Want to Tell You
Ailís Ní Ríain - Counterweight (UK Premiere)
Greg Caffrey - Tout
Eduard Zatriqi - War Games
Tickets
£5. Booking online via the University of Sheffield.