New album, From Ocean’s Floor, out now on NMC. Featuring Iarla Ó’Lionáird, Crash Ensemble, Isabelle O’Connell, Joby Burgess, Contempo Quartet and Darragh Morgan. Guardian folk album of the month, and Folk Radio editor’s pick.
- ‘An excellent portrait of one of Ireland’s most interesting composers’ Journal of Music
- ‘The intensity of her work is irresistible – a generous portrait that is full of surprises and unsettling questions.’ Tim Rutherford-Johnson, The Rambler
- ‘It’s clear how much Buckley deeply connects her past to her present, opening up possibilities for our mutual musical futures.’ Guardian
- ‘Music of mythic magic … sublime as well as brilliant – richly and strangely powerful.’ BBC Radio 3 New Music Show
- ‘Linda Buckley is unquestionably one of the most exciting, prolific and ‘ecstatic’ composers to come from Ireland in recent times.’ RTÉ
- ‘Diverse and ultra imaginative work, intense and shimmering…’ BBC Radio Scotland
- ‘Intelligent, atmospheric and strangely beautiful.’ ★★★★ Songlines
- The works on this album are captivating; I couldn’t tear myself away.’ ★★★★ BBC Music Magazine
Upcoming
- May 2021
- The Finite Air – Song Cycle for Rachel Kelly & Fiachra Garvey
Commissioned by West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival with funds from the Arts Council of Ireland, setting text by D.A. Powell
- June 2021
- Electronic score for show – A Ghost in the Throat
Commissioned by Cork Midsummer Festival, in collaboration with Doireann Ní Ghríofa (text) and Tadhg O’Sullivan (film)
- August 2021
- New work/installation for viola da gamba (Liam Byrne), Crash Ensemble and multi-channel electronics
Commissioned by Kilkenny Arts Festival with Crash Ensemble
- August 2021
- Sean nós song orchestration, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Irish Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by Kilkenny Arts Festival for the Irish Chamber Orchestra and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
- September 2021
- PRS Award for Aud – Ensemble & electronics, Nordic Viola
Commissioned by Nordic Viola for performance in Orkney Islands and tour of Scotland, awarded PRS Women Make Music Award
Premiere at Orkney Science Festival.
- November 2021
- Live score to film Metropolis (co-composed with Irene Buckley) – percussion ensemble, electronics
Commissioned by Cork International Film Festival 2021
About
Linda Buckley is an Irish composer currently based in Glasgow, who writes for both electronic and acoustic forces. The diverse instrumentations of her work include Javanese Gamelan, choir, multi-channel tape, prepared piano and orchestra. Read more »
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