Name: West by Seán Ó Dálaigh
Duration: 19 min 22 s
Description: A series of sonic scenes for ensemble and electronics and field recordings. The material originally formed part of a live soundtrack for an experimental Western by Maximillian Le Cain and Vicky Langan. Recorded by the Kirkos Ensemble in Dublin, 2017.

awesome piece, Seán. is there a link to the film somewhere?

Léo Margue, direction

Flûte, Emmanuelle Ophèle
Clarinette, Jérôme Comte
Percussion 1, Gilles Durot
Percussion 2, Samuel Favre
Harpe,  Valeria Kafelnikov
Piano, Fernando Palomeque
Violon, Diégo Tosi
Alto,  Odile Auboin
Violoncelle, Éric-Maria Couturier
Contrebasse, Jules Bauer

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for bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass and live electronics (2004)

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Piano feedback tests at Q-02

A series of sonic scenes for ensemble and electronics and field recordings. The material originally formed part of a live soundtrack for an experimental Western by Maximillian Le Cain and Vicky Langan. Recorded by the Kirkos Ensemble in Dublin, 2017.

West

Out from Under (composition)

A meditation on returning home.

Slán le Máigh

/Gaeilge/ 
Ó slán is céad on taobh so uaim  Cois Maighe na gcaor na gcraobh na gcruach
 Na stát, na séad, na soar, na slua  Na ndán, na ndréacht, na dtréan gan ghruaim
 Och, ochón is breoite mise Gan chuid, gan chóir, gan chóip, gan chiste  
Gan sult, gan seoid, gan spórt, gan spionnadh  Ó seoladh mé chun uaignis


/Bearla/
A hundred farewells from this place I'm in, Beside Maigue of the berries,The branches, the stacks
 The estates, the jewels, The craftsmen, the crowds The arts, the stories, The good-humored warriors
 Oh it is ill I am  Without a share, or right  Or company, or money 
Without happiness, or jewels  Or sport, or vitality  Since I was sent into loneliness

/Niamh/
Oh is it ill I feel 
Post-recession place I'm in 
River, road, rapid growth, 
Glory to the Maigue 
Father, great-grandfather, sweetest auburn river flowing


Also included are a smattering of inputs from friends and family, local historian Kevin Cribbon on the old quay in Adare, Co.Limerick, and a list of some of the 160 post offices which closed in Ireland in 2018.

Maigue

bruise

LETTERS TO ANTONIO
Sinfonia Humanitas
Conductor, Gabriella Teychenné 

How do we converse with the voices of the dead? These two letters were written for Sinfonia Humanitas' concert 'WORK IN VAIN, WORK IN JOY', in response to Antonio Vivaldi's Mass Nisi Dominus.

LETTERS TO ANTONIO II - LIVE RECORDING

For Alan Turing [2011]

Played by the composer

For Alan Turing [part one]

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www.seanodalaigh.com

Irish composer of acoustic and electronic music, based in California

West

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