New better Recording: Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. June 12th 2022. The piece is from a collaboration with clarinettist Paul Roe, and is for bass clarinet doubling B flat and C clarinets with fixed media. The track includes the voices of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and John McLachlan speaking lines from Leland Bardwell's writings: memoir, stories, poems--11 pieces of text assembled in something of a collage, though it proceeds from childhood through stages of life to old age. Live recording of the premiere at Crescent Festival of Irish Contemporary Music, who commissioned the piece with Arts Council assistance. Leland Bardwell photo: Bobbie Hanvey.

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