Performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Rüdiger Bohn in the Royal Festival Hall, London, in June 2013.

Banna Strand (2013) - for large ensemble

Matadi (2013) - for large ensemble

Performed by Róisín Walters and students of the Royal Academy of Music in 2008.

Wild Nights (2008) - for soprano and ensemble

Performed by students of the Royal Academy of Music with Simon Bainbridge in 2009.

Humoresque (2009) - for wind orchestra

Performed by the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra and Christopher Austin in June 2011.

Exornatio Mundi (2011) - for orchestra

Fissure is a piece of electronic music that incorporates synths, electric guitars, flute and drum samples, and a field recording of two icebergs colliding off Antarctica.

Fissure

Music written for an exhibition, accompanying works by Owen McAteer (aka Motus Art) at Un/framed (Pisa, Sept 2025). Image: Ashley Dace / Lights in the distance / CC BY-SA 2.0

Light across the field

Performed by David McCann in the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, in May 2018.

quietwild (2018) - for solo cello

spindrift (2018) for String Quartet - workshop recording by Solstice Quartet

spindrift (2018) - for string quartet

Performed at the Sonic Arts Research Centre on 17th February 2019 by Aisling Agnew (flute) and David McCann (cello).

weave (2018) - for flute and cello

Performed by Adam Sherkin. Toronto, January 2020.

uncanny frequencies

the gut of the sea was first performed during July 2019 as part of the Toronto Creative Music Lab. Performed here by Brett Keating (euphonium), Tom Curry (tuba), and Christopher McAteer (electronics).

the gut of the sea

Christopher McAteer is an award-winning composer from the north coast of Ireland. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, his music has been performed in the UK, Ireland, and Canada by ensembles including the Philharmonia Orchestra. In 2013 he won the RPS Composition Prize. In 2015 he composed a full-length opera about Roger Casement with funding from Arts Council Ireland. He also works as a policy officer for an well-known environmental NGO and is completing a PhD in Social and Political Thought at York University, Canada (remotely). He lives in Belfast.

Christopher McAteer

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