Works

Ensemble, 2006, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, computer, 5'31"

Fergal Dowling · Ensemble (for ensemble and computer)

Recorded at Composers' Choice series, National Concert Hall, Dublin, 26 November 2006.

In Ensemble the instrumentalists state a slow sequence of block-like chords, while a computer operator records short samples of the performed material and then replays a modulated version a moment later, so that the electronic replay overhangs the following instrumental block. This chain-like sequence gradually shifts out of step; while the replayed material continues as if the instrumental music has been suspended, like a memory of its recent self. The replay continues to shift, panning slowly and rhythmically, and varying in speed from moment to moment depending the internal content, so we hear each performed moment together with a re-presentation of itself.