New Music Dublin: Can Music be Kind? Crash Ensemble perform music by Andrew Hamilton
The Studio, National Concert Hall
Crash Ensemble:Susan Doyle, flute; Leonie Bluett, clarinet; Roddy O’Keeffe, trombone; Brian Bolger, guitar; Alex Petcu, percussion; Andrew Zolinsky, piano; Courtney Orlando, violin; Lisa Dowdall, viola; Killian White, cello; Caimin Gilmore, double bass.
Ryan McAdams, conductor
Andrew Hamilton, violin and voice
Emma Martin, visual collaborator
Adrian Hart, audio producer
Can music be kind? This performance by Crash Ensemble of their major new commission from Andrew Hamilton explores friendliness and loving kindness through music that revels in ambiguity and defies constraints.
‘I have aimed to make this a piece of music that is “habitable”. Somewhere you can sit in, somewhere that might give you a tiny bit of joy or likewise infuriate you!’, explains Hamilton, who wrote the work in 2019, during his time as composer in residence with Crash. Friendly Piece is about precision, but leaves room for freedom, drawing on multifarious influences—from ancient Buddhist texts to painting and sculpture. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear this fascinating new work where, in the words of the composer, ‘everything belongs’.
Commissioned by Crash Ensemble with funds from the Arts Council of Ireland.
Programme
Andrew Hamilton - Friendly Piece (2023) [World Premiere]
Tickets
Tickets available at New Music Dublin.