Happy person V18  18.1.24

Placid Mobile, a work for 36 muted trumpets, composed by Harrison Birtwistle, performed by The Monochrome Project and 28 players from Dublin, London, Paris, Essen and Stockholm.
Organised by David Collins, Royal Irish Academy of Music, directed by Marco Blaauw, recorded at the New Music Dublin festival on April 25th 2024.
Sophie Kukulies
Jasmin Ghera 
Ellinor Bengtson 
Alexander Hancorn 
Thomas Leighton-Jones 
Harry Plant
James Kelly 
Malte Sunding 
Essen:
Malon Maat
Diego Iglesias 
Joao Carreiras 
Evyatar Zidon 
Ivan Abalo Barros
Paris:
Eloi Germain 
Thaïs Jude 
Stockholm:
Nathan McDonnell 
Kalle Nordström 
Martin Björkvall
Dublin:
David Collins
Grace Taite 
Aoife Garry 
Glen Carr 
Jack O’Reilly 
Erick Castillo
Amelia Robinson
Sean Molloy
Erinn Lennon 
Niamh Walsh

Harrison Birtwistle, Placid Mobile for 36 muted trumpets

I mostly wrote & recorded "To the beach" in Suffolk then uprooted to Devon.
Lyrics written at Fremington quay on a lovely sunny afternoon.
Tweaked it and added a brass section, lead guitar and a few harmonies.

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