A Meadow Full of Music
a song for eight string instruments and a meadow
a performance conceived by Isobel O’Donovan
18th July 2021
String instruments are placed around the meadow’s edge. Each player attunes to the sounds around them. Listening for the sounds of other players calling across the meadow, they throw their sound across the meadow’s centre in response.
The audience is invited to walk the meadow’s path. They encounter the players and their music alongside the meadow’s birds, butterflies and flowers.
Players await the the natural dwindling of the music before disassembling.
This project was hosted by Road Books and funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.