{"product_id":"2565420","title":"Quiet Music Ensemble - Martin Iddon Hesperides [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eNMC are delighted to present an album of works by award-winning composer \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Iddon\u003c\/strong\u003e performed by the \u003cstrong\u003eQuiet Music Ensemble\u003c\/strong\u003e and tubist \u003cstrong\u003eJack Adler-McKean\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntitled \u003ci\u003eHesperides\u003c\/i\u003e, the album showcases a collection of Iddon's most delicate and captivating compositions and features the work \u003ci\u003eLampades\u003c\/i\u003e for tubist and fixed media, which won the \u003cstrong\u003eIvor Novello Award\u003c\/strong\u003e for solo composition in 2021 and performed here by Jack Adler-McKean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunded by the Arts Council of Ireland \/ An Comhairle Ealaion, the album explores the boundaries of audibility and the emotional depth hidden within the quietest sounds. \u003ci\u003ein'ei\u003c\/i\u003e and the title track, \u003ci\u003eHesperides\u003c\/i\u003e are performed by the Quiet Music Ensemble featuring \u003cstrong\u003eSean Mac Erlaine\u003c\/strong\u003e (clarinets), \u003cstrong\u003eRoddy O'Keeffe\u003c\/strong\u003e (trombone), \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Godfrey\u003c\/strong\u003e (founder and artistic director, electric guitar and electronics) \u003cstrong\u003eIlse De Ziah\u003c\/strong\u003e (cello), and \u003cstrong\u003eDan Bodwell\u003c\/strong\u003e (double bass).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalking about the works on this album, \u003cstrong\u003ecomposer Martin Iddon said\u003c\/strong\u003e: 'If my music is quiet--and it's a decade or so since I wrote any dynamic that wasn't ppp; sometimes, it seems so obvious to me that the music should be like that that I forget to write in the dynamic at all--it's not because of any sort of programmatic or aesthetic belief in quietude, but rather that more would feel like a sort of excess, would feel like it was quite simply too much. I'm (sometimes painfully) shy. I'm unconvinced of the capability of the language I use to say the things I mean, except obliquely. That sort of uncertainty is part of the reason why I don't much like to raise my voice, although I also, for what it's worth, would simply prefer not to. Sometimes people are surprised, given all this, by how loudly I laugh and sing. It's increasingly difficult for me not to think that all sorts of things that happen (or don't happen) in my music are a product of the fact that I'm just like that and the music is, at least a little, like me.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54209675526529,"sku":"2565420","price":17.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/71jbSR4DEbL._AC_SL1500.jpg?v=1744111399","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2565420","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}