Download CRANE (2008-9) for orchestra - International Music Council

RTÉ lyric fm, International Rostrum of Composers 2011, Submission No. 3
String Quartet No. 1 by Enda Bates
Performed by Members of the Crash Ensemble
2 vn va vc, electronics
Duration: 10m56s
PROGRAMME NOTE
Someone once said that if a composer could say what he needed to say
using words, then he wouldn’t need to be a composer. I tend to agree
with that statement and so, I have a somewhat difficult relationship
with program notes. While it is true that some works may benefit from
additional background information, I do not think that this is always
the case, and this is certainly true in this case. Everything I want
to express with this piece is in the music itself, it either stands on
its own two feet, or it doesn't. It is its own entity with its own
life, and it can speak for itself.
Biography
Enda Bates is a composer, musician, producer and academic based in Dublin, Ireland. In
March 2010, he completed a PhD in composition at Trinity College Dublin, where he studied
with Donnacha Dennehy and Dr. Dermot Furlong.
His music includes both acoustic and electroacoustic contemporary music and multi-channel,
electronic music, and the use of spatially distributed sounds is a major feature of his work. He
has received various commissions and awards including the 37th Florilege Vocal de Tours,
the 2008 Irish National Choir of the Year competition, the 2009 Gaudeamus Music Prize
shortlist and the 2010 Música Viva Competition. His work has been performed by, among
others, the Crash Ensemble, Anne La Berge, the Doelen Quartet, Trio Scordatura, New
Dublin Voices, the Miso Music Loudspeaker Orchestra and at international festivals including
the Música Viva Festival, Gaudeamus Music Week, the International Computer Music
Conference and the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival.
He is a founder member of the Spatial Music Collective and also regularly performs with the
Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, Miriam Ingram and Fairlights.