{"id":40,"date":"2024-09-03T05:32:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T05:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seanodalaigh.com\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2025-10-26T01:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T01:44:25","slug":"recordings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seanodalaigh.com\/?page_id=40","title":{"rendered":"recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From a distance \u2013\u2013heaving, relentless by Se\u00e1n \u00d3 D\u00e1laigh\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1964150743&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From a distance \u2014 heaving, relentless<\/em> \u2014 Distractfold Ensemble<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This piece starts with a sound object that is reminiscent of my early years playing electric guitar alone in my room. I would stay up all night practicing without plugging in the instrument so as not to wake anyone. The sound of an unamplified electric guitar is fascinating to me\u2014often one of the loudest and most brash instruments in existence, articulated here however with this thin, almost pathetic sound. The former aura of the guitar is, however, still encoded in this sound and this tension is frustrating and hopes to generate movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shimmering, insistent, part - I\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NT6sYDLD-8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><em>Shimmering, Insistent &#8211; <\/em>Alice Purton \u2014 Cello<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8fc28a4730054c9bcba348d58dccac85\">This piece was a starting point for me in my exploration of metaphors of light and energy. The constant natural harmonics in the piece are for me like a transparent layer hovering \u2018over\u2019 the strings. A speculative transcription\/translation of the C Minor Sarabande by J.S. Bach, from his cello suite, BWV 1011. The proportions of that work are taken as a point of departure for the mapping of physical gestures onto a detuned instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La luz de la ma\u00f1ana entra inunda todo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/488mVc-T5oo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>La luz de la ma\u00f1ana entra, inunda todo<\/em> \u2014 Ensemble Dal Niente<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This piece was part of my ongoing fascination with the metaphors of light and energy in my compositions. The various musical textures are conceptually linked to my experiences of light. Words like glittering, shimmering, shining, luminous, radiant, dappled come to mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a distance \u2014 heaving, relentless \u2014 Distractfold Ensemble This piece starts with a sound object that is reminiscent of my early years playing electric guitar alone in my room. I would stay up all night practicing without plugging in the instrument so as not to wake anyone. 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