'THE BRIGHT PLACES OF LIFE AS CLEARLY AS THE DARK': THE MUSIC OF LINDA BUCKLEY. (20th March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fox, Christopher
• Is Part Of: Tempo. Volume 72:Number 284(2018)
• Page Start: 22
• Page End: 34
• Publication Date: 2018-03-20
• Subjects: Music -- Periodicals; Music -- 20th century -- Periodicals; Music -- 21st century -- Periodicals; 780.78
• DOI: 10.1017/S0040298217001218
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-2982

Abstract

Abstract: Linda Buckley is one of the leading figures in the thriving Irish new music scene, a composer whose work draws together many different elements, from spectralism, to ambient electronica, to minimalism and Irish traditional music. This article uses five works created in the last decade as lenses through which to examine a creative practice in which these apparently disparate elements have become increasingly integrated. From the 2008 string trio, Fiol, to the orchestral work Chiyo (2011), to Torann for large ensemble and electronics (2015), and finally to two works with string quartet, ó íochtar mara (2015) and Haza (2016), these works represent stages within the evolution of a highly distinctive musical language.