This work was written in 2017 at the request of the Ortús Festival for Irish flautist Fiona Kelly, who is the soloist on this recording along with violinists Yoan Brakha and Brendan Garde and cellists Aoife Nic Athlaoich and Sinéad O'Halloran. Inspired by the present rise in demagoguery in various places, the soloist’s lines demand a performance of thrilling yet hollow virtuosity.

Art, Beauty, Carbon-Dating, Climate Change, Contraception, Education, Empathy, Entry, Ethnic Cleansing, Evidence, Evolution, Facts, Freedom, Future, Gender Equality, Genocide, Geology, Healthcare, History, Holocaust, Honesty, Hope, Integrity, Justice, Love, Marriage, Mental Health, Opportunity, Past, Privilege, Racism, Reality, Reproductive Rights, Responsibility, Science, Sexuality, Slavery, Truth, Voice, Workplace Equality

dɪˈnʌɪə
noun
1.	A person who denies something, especially someone who refuses to admit the truth of a concept or proposition that is supported by the majority of scientific or historical evidence.
2.	A person who by their words and/or actions, denies something to another person.

Denier (for flute, 2 violins & 2 cellos)

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Denier (for flute, 2 violins & 2 cellos)

Ian Wilson, composer