Score and sample-sounds recording here.
Duration: 6′
Movement grows from two four-note cells. Space and propulsion are at play: space in the waves of air which the players plunge into and ride. The four string voices have equal force and tenacity – and there is a feeling of effort throughout. The ‘lunga’ pause at the end is hard-won. The piece is in part inspired by two sparrowhawks flying nearby one evening in Mayo.
More Fieldwork Pieces
The Singing Glacier
For baroque ensemble. Collaborative response to glaciers, commissioned by The Little Baroque Company. In 2016 Bill and the poet Helen Mort climbed in East Greenland.
Icicle
Part of the project, ‘The Singing Glacier’. For violin, viola and glockenspiel.
Circus
SATB, solo piano, solo sop. Commissioned by King’s School, Worcester. On Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Bill watched white-necked ravens duetting.