All Earth Once Drowned
Friday 4th April, 9.30pm
Buses leaving from NCH for ticketholders at 9pm
Venue: The Complex Arts Centre, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Tickets: €20
Multi-Concert Discount Packages available
Cherry Smyth, text/spoken word
Decibel Ensemble:
Ed Bennett, conducting/electronics
Xenia Pestova Bennett, piano
Kate Ellis, cello
Tom Challenger, sax
Martin Sanderson, trombone
Neil McGovern, sax
Barry O’Halpin, guitar
Damien Harron, percussion
Steve Davis, drums
Ed Bennett All Earth Once Drowned (texts by Cherry Smyth) (World Premiere)
Composer Ed Bennett presents a fresh incarnation of his renowned Decibel Ensemble for the premiere of new commission All Earth Once Drowned, to texts by poet Cherry Smyth.
Through a combination of music and spoken word, Bennett’s work addresses some of the most pertinent environmental issues of our time in a collective call for action. Bennett has gathered Irish and UK musicians of international standing into a 10-piece ensemble, to create deeply personal music in response to Smyth’s texts and the wider environmental problems faced by our planet.
Cherry Smyth performs with the ensemble, interweaving her texts throughout this expansive composition, which ranges from music of huge energy and rage to quiet and delicate introspection.
Commissioned by Moving on Music with support from Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Tour supported by PRSF
