For violin, viola, cello and double bass; performed by the Robinson Panoramic Quartet

A quart of beer and a pint of insouciance

A ten-minute piece using a recording of skylark (Alauda arvensis) song as its only source material. The material is electronically manipulated in various ways (slowing down, reversing, time-slicing, granulation, layering, distortion) to reveal and make use of the naturally occurring pure notes, warbles, repeated motifs and occasionally arpeggios found in the bird's song. 

Alaudacious

This is a pronunciation guide to my work 'Salm 22' for two SATB choirs, a setting of the text in Irish of selected verses of Psalm 22. For an approval copy of the score of this work, which lasts about 5 minutes, email me.

Salm 22 Spoken Texts

Brian Ingoldsby (b. Dublin, 1949) was a career civil servant for over forty years, during which time he had occasionally arranged and composed, mainly for choral forces. On retirement, he studied for a BMus (1st class honours: 2012) in NUI Maynooth, majoring in composition (under Dr Martin O’Leary), and he has recently completed an MPhil in Composition in TCD (with Dr Evangelia Rigaki). Formal study has broadened his compositional palette to encompass purely instrumental music along with his first love, works for choir. As well as composing, he is an active choir singer and occasional conductor.

Brian Ingoldsby, composer