Riain - The Last Time I Died
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Label: NMC Recordings
Cat No: NMCD270
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 26th May 2023
Contents
Works
Brief-Blue-Electric-BloomDon't!
Hiding Out 'neath the Everything
Our First Lesson in Forgetting
Parambassis
Revelling/Reckoning
Seahorse [long snouted]
Soberado
The Last Time I Died
Artists
Xenia Pestova Bennett (toy piano)Evelyn Glennie (percussion)
Frederik Munk Larsen (guitar)
Tom McKinney (guitar)
Darragh Morgan (violin)
Laoise O’Brien (recorder)
Ailis Ni Riain (piano)
Paul Roe (clarinet)
Carla Rees (low flutes)
Sarah Watts (bass clarinet)
Tim Williams (cimbalom)
Exponential Ensemble
New London Chamber Ensemble
Conductor
Darren BloomWorks
Brief-Blue-Electric-BloomDon't!
Hiding Out 'neath the Everything
Our First Lesson in Forgetting
Parambassis
Revelling/Reckoning
Seahorse [long snouted]
Soberado
The Last Time I Died
Artists
Xenia Pestova Bennett (toy piano)Evelyn Glennie (percussion)
Frederik Munk Larsen (guitar)
Tom McKinney (guitar)
Darragh Morgan (violin)
Laoise O’Brien (recorder)
Ailis Ni Riain (piano)
Paul Roe (clarinet)
Carla Rees (low flutes)
Sarah Watts (bass clarinet)
Tim Williams (cimbalom)
Exponential Ensemble
New London Chamber Ensemble
Conductor
Darren BloomAbout
Described by the Irish Times as "a significant talent", Ní Ríain's music has been performed across Europe and further afield in Brazil, Japan, and the USA. One of the principal ideas explored in Ní Ríain's work is communication with others, something which she has a unique perspective on as she is deaf/hard of hearing. Whilst this has sometimes placed her in challenging situations regarding verbal communication, her hearing differences have also heightened and enhanced how she relates to sound. The Last Time I Died is a portrait of a composer harnessing this unique experience of the sonic world to explore a huge range of substantial themes including consciousness, relationships, reality, and death.
Focal points on the album include Revelling/Reckoning, a two-movement work for wind quintet and percussion, which aims to reflect the contradictory nature of existence, heard here in a recording by the New London Chamber Ensemble and another musician who has embraced her hearing challenges in her artistry, the iconic percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Contradiction also lies at the heart of Hiding Out 'Neath the Everything for violin and recorded altered piano, which explores the internal and external aspects of consciousness in this recording featuring violinist Darragh Morgan. Soberado, a toy piano work that reflects on experiences of sobriety, really exemplifies Ní Ríain's distinct approach to instrumentation in this recording by Xenia Pestova Bennett. Featuring Tim Williams on cimbalom and Tom McKinney on guitar, Thank You is a movement from Ní Ríain's 2010 music-theatre work Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom, which combines music, sign language, poetry and animation, aiming to "enable a deaf audience and 'disable' a hearing audience so that they might 'receive' the work equally".
NMC's Debut Discs are crucial calling cards, invaluable for showcasing composers to a wider public, giving them the opportunity to present a first full portrait album of their work. The Debut Discs series has supported 21 releases to date, many going on to win awards and critical acclaim.
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