Works

This listing is of all works, divided by type — Acoustic works, Electroacoustic works, Theatre and Multimedia works, and Recordings. For more details, please see my page on the website of the Contemporary Music Centre.

Linda Buckley, singing with Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, Galway

Singing with Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, Galway.

Acoustic works:

Fiach (2022)

for solo cello

Circuit Bend (2022)

for string quartet

Winter in Inis Meáin (2022)

for SATB choir

The Finite Air

for mezzo-soprano & piano

Sólás

for mezzo-soprano & piano

Beethoven Reflected

for string quartet

Fire and Ice (2019)
for Ensemble

William Marshal – The Flower of Chivalry (2015)
For Piano

Liquid Mercury (2014)
For Piano

Serein (2014)
For Piano

Beloved on the Earth (2014)
For Choir and Orchestra

The Turn – Dance in your Blood (2013)
For String Orchestra

Surge (2012)
For Orchestra

Fall Approaches (2012)
For String Orchestra

I have five things to say (2011)
Song cycle for voice, clarinet, cello and piano

chiyo (2011)
For Orchestra

turn (2009)
For Orchestra (with optional ensemble)

eiru (2009)
For Javanese Gamelan

Nikuda (2008)
For Ensemble (clarinet, violin, viola, bass, percussion)

Fiol (2008)
For String Trio

Latitude/Longitude (2007)
For String Quartet

volt (2006)
For Violin and Piano

zone (2006)
For Piano

joklar (2005)
For Piano

moonsick (2005)
For Clarinet and Cello

bobeobi (2005)
For large ensemble

Amhrain Amergin (2004)
For large ensemble

Telephones and Gongs (with co-composer Mel Mercier) (2003)
For Javanese Gamelan

Electroacoustic works:

Mallacht (2023)

for orchestra and electronics

Water Witch (2022)

for piano and electronics

Undersong (2022)

for viola da gamba, ensemble, electronics

Ceolas (2022)

for uilleann pipes, violin, cello, electronics

Brightening (2022)

for mezzo-soprano, flute, electronics

Aud (2021)

for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, electronics

Glaoch

For soprano, mezzo soprano, string ensemble & electronics

Seancheann

Double bass and electronics

Last Lines (2019)

Voice, violin, cello and playback

Oscillate (2019)

Accordion, viola and playback

Haza

String quartet and tape

ekstasis (2016)

Percussion and tape

Oblique (2015)
For Choir, ensemble and laptop orchestra

fridur (2015)
For Piano and Tape

Torann (2015)
For Ensemble and Tape

downward in a freezing earth (2015)
For Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Tape

O Iochtar Mara (2015)
For Voice, string quartet and Tape

Azure (2015)
For Ensemble and Tape

Jump (2012)
For Cello and Tape

Cosán de Solas Gealaí Buí (2012)
For Large ensemble, Irish traditional instruments and Tape

revelavit (2011)
For Voice and Tape

exploding stars (2011)
For Violin and Tape

Their Sound is Gone Out (2011)
For Voice, Harp and Tape

glimmer (2010)
For Electric guitar and Tape

net (2010)
For Strings and Tape

Dubh (2009)
For voice, viola, keyboard and Tape

numarimur (2009)
For two female voices and Tape

clusterphobe (2009)
For 8-channel playback

immersia (2008)
Installation for Snakes and Ladders Festival, New York; curated by Daniel Figgis

Galura (2008)
For Piano Trio and Electronics

Fall Approaches (2007)
For Choir and 8-Channel Tape (also may be performed in acoustic version with choir alone)

seek (2007)
For 8-channel tape

stop what’s started (2007)
Version for Four-Channel Tape

stop what’s started (2006)
For Saxophone, Cello, Double Bass and Tape

Stratus (2006)
For Ensemble and Tape

all collisions end in static (with co-composer Keith O’Brien) (2003, revised version 2006)
For Flute, Viola, Harp and Tape

Stratus (2006)
Version for Tape

do you remember the planets? (2005)
For Viola and Tape

Libera Me (2002)
For Choir, Organ and Four-Channel Tape

Film and Multimedia works:

Score for Solas Céad Bliain – short film by Tadhg O’Sullivan (TG4 Splanc), To the Moon

Score for A Reflection of Light – film with visual artist Grace Weir – Trinity Creative (2015)

Score for Passages, film installation with Irene Buckley and Ailbhe Ni Bhrian, Sounds from a Safe Harbour

Score for The Wake dance film directed by Oonagh Kearney featuring Olwen Fouéré (2015)

Fiol and Exploding Stars included in score for Living in a Coded Land by Pat Collins (2014), also score for Henry Glassie: Field Work and The Sea

Live film score co-composed with Irene Buckley for Nosferatu, for strings, organ and electronics, performed at Union Chapel London, Fin Barre’s Cathedral Cork, Skibbereen Arts Festival and Brookfield Place New York for John Schaefer’s curated silent film series.

Score for Asylum Production’s Red Lola (2009)

Score for documentary film Textures, directed by Donagh Coleman (2008)
Co-composed with Keith O’Brien

Score for If Then Else, a multi-media collaboration for Dublin Electronic Arts Festival (2006)
For 3 male voices and multi-channel Tape

Score/sound design for Corcadorca’s production of The Tempest (2006)
For Flute, Trumpet, Cello, Piano, Percussion, Voices and Tape

Score/sound design for Cork Opera House production of Frozen (2006)
For Tape

Score/sound design for Cork Opera House production of Lifeboat (2006)
For Tape

Score for the Corcadorca production of The Merchant of Venice (with co-composer Mel Mercier) (2005)
For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Accordion and Percussion

Score for Asylum Theatre’s production of Touched by Ursula Rani Sarma (2004)
For Tape

Score for Corcadorca’s Snap (with co-composer Irene Buckley) (2004)
For Cello, Javanese Gamelan instruments and Tape

Score for Asylum Theatre’s Bedbound by Enda Walsh (2003)
For Tape

Recorded works:

Rosa (Moot Tapes)

Hidden Things (101 Beats Per Minute)

Ekstasis (Joby Burgess, Signum Classics)

From Ocean’s Floor (NMC)

Iarla Ó’Lionáird voice
Darragh Morgan violin
Joby Burgess percussion (canna sonora)
Linda Buckley voice, electronics
Isabelle O’Connell piano
Crash Ensemble
ConTempo Quartet

Moog Residency (with Jonathan Nangle)

Live recording, September 2017 – The Science Gallery Dublin, Ireland
In association with Moog Sound Lab (UK)
Equipment: Moog System 55, Moog Sub Phatty, Moog Subsequent 37, Moog Mooger Fooger Pedals, Elektron Machinedrum, Ableton Live

Changeling original score

Changeling is a dark, immersive piece exploring themes of the supernatural, the feminine and the occult using music, visuals, dance and spoken word. Prompted by the tragic story of Bridget Cleary, Changeling examines the influence of Irish mysticism and folklore on the role of women in Irish society.

Immersia (Ergodos, 2011)