……..Of Wind and Breath was a concert of new music in the 2013 Notting Hill May Festival
Two pieces from the concert
Speaking Breath ……..
Mike McInerney : Shakuhachi
Duncan Chapman : Electronics
Speaking breath is the 4th in a cycle of pieces that explores the sound of the Shakuhachi in a variety of environments. The previous pieces have included a performance in a 360ยบ cinema (Rising Breath) an old power station in Budapest with live interactive video (Empty Breath) and a piece in a church in Leeds with a bass organ pipe and live electronic manipulation of the sound (Turning Breath). In Speaking Breath the Shakuhachi sound is integrated with a collection of organ sounds focusing particularly on the moment when the pipes “speak” and elongating this to reveal previously unheard detail.
Sounds from an unfinished organ : Laptop ensemble
All the sounds are created from samples of the organ in the church which was in a state of reconstruction after a major restoration project. The ensemble was made up of a group associated with the church and other musicians in the concert who surrounded the audience.
Thanks to Caryl Mann from the Organ Restoration project at St Johns