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
Unstartled Bird
Unaccompanied SATB. Written during Storm Darragh
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.
Carrownagappul
A commission from the Harry Woolhouse Charitable Trust to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Imperial College Sinfonietta. Inspired by one of Europe’s major raised bogs, Carrownagappul, Co. Galway.