Fennessy - Panopticon
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Label: NMC Recordings
Cat No: NMCD244
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 15th March 2019
Contents
Artists
PsapphaHebrides Ensemble
Ensemble Modern
Munchener Kammerorchester
Conductor
Johannes KalitzkeWorks
13 FactoriesHirta Rounds
Panopticon
Piano Trio
Artists
PsapphaHebrides Ensemble
Ensemble Modern
Munchener Kammerorchester
Conductor
Johannes KalitzkeAbout
He has been described as a 'composer of deep sensitivity, style and a knack for doing imaginative things with old samples’ and this album displays a broad range of Fennessy’s music, from purely acoustic chamber works to pieces for large ensembles involving electronics. The title track Panopticon is scored for cimbalom and string ensemble; the name refers to an 18th-century prison design in which cells were arranged around a circular central chamber from where a governor could keep an eye on prisoners at all times. Fennessy’s Piano Trio features conversations from the late 1960s between John Cage and Morton Feldman, the music punctuating the extravagant gaps in the conversation. 13 Factories is performed here by Ensemble Modern under Johannes Kalitzke and includes electronics plus four hand-held speakers playing the sounds of old looms traditionally used in the Outer Hebrides to produce Harris Tweed. Hirta Rounds conjures up the eerie atmosphere of an abandoned island. Hirta is situated on remote St Kilda archipelago on the West Coast of Scotland whose last inhabitants were evacuated in the 1930s.
NMC’s Debut Discs are musical calling cards, crucial for gifted composers in the early stages of their careers and giving them the opportunity to release a first full portrait album of their work. Debut Discs has to date supported 16 releases since 2012.
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