All Earth Once Drowned
Friday 4th April, 9.30pm
Buses leaving from NCH for ticketholders at 9pm
Venue: The Complex Arts Centre, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Tickets: €20
Multi-Concert Discount Packages available
Cherry Smyth, text/spoken word
Decibel Ensemble:
Ed Bennett, conducting/electronics
Xenia Pestova Bennett, piano
Kate Ellis, cello
Tom Challenger, sax
Martin Sanderson, trombone
Neil McGovern, sax
Barry O’Halpin, guitar
Damien Harron, percussion
Steve Davis, drums
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Ed Bennett All Earth Once Drowned (texts by Cherry Smyth) (World Premiere)
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Composer Ed Bennett presents a fresh incarnation of his renowned Decibel Ensemble for the premiere of new commission All Earth Once Drowned, to texts by poet Cherry Smyth.
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Through a combination of music and spoken word, Bennett’s work addresses some of the most pertinent environmental issues of our time in a collective call for action. Bennett has gathered Irish and UK musicians of international standing into a 10-piece ensemble, to create deeply personal music in response to Smyth’s texts and the wider environmental problems faced by our planet.
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Cherry Smyth performs with the ensemble, interweaving her texts throughout this expansive composition, which ranges from music of huge energy and rage to quiet and delicate introspection.
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Commissioned by Moving on Music with support from Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Tour supported by PRSF
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