Compositions by Karen Power

 

List of Compositions by Karen Power

Orchestral

no chaos: only organised panic (2011) - 3/3/3/3 4/3/3/1 2 perc. 16/14/12/10/8 plus electronics - 12’40’’


one piece of chocolate per bar (2008) - 3/2/2/2 4/2/3/1 1 perc. 12/10/8/6/4 - 10’00’’



Large Ensemble (6 or more players)

voices from hidden places (2018) - soloists, voice , video, photographs, + 2 spaces


machine chatter (2018) - mixed ensemble + tape: cello, percussion, piano, objects, 3 ipads + tape - 8’25’’

(commissioned by Share Music Sweden)


veiled babble (2016) - chamber ensemble + tape (underwater river Spree) - 28’40’’

(commissioned as part of DAAD Artist-in-Berlin)


cold or hot bean slurper (2013) - chamber ensemble - 14’00’’


pink fluffy alarmetts still sound (2010) - fl, ob., cl, b.cl, bsn,hn, tpt, tbn, 2 perc., pno, 2 vlns, vla, vc, db, singing conductor (plus two other singing musicians - untrained voices all) - 10’00’’

(This piece is also suitable for smaller ensembles with a minimum of 9 performers)


always considering kitchen sinks (2011) - Educational OPEN-SCORED work

Written for found objects, chime bars, instruments, voices and electronics


squeeze birds to improve your garden’s plant variety (2008) - semi-free instrumentation and tape - minimum 3 brass/woodwind, 2 strings and tape, no maximum) - 9’00’’ Listen


we’re not there yet (2005) - a.fl, vln ,b. cl., cello + two players playing found objects of stone and wood - 9’00’’


as happy as owlies in their hammocks (2005) - large ensemble plus 5 singers - 5’00’’


it’s like riding a hefalump (2003) - large ensemble - 15’00’’


I fought an orangutan (2000) - large ensemble - 12’00’’


Dedication to pooh (2000) - cl., tpt., vln, vla, 2 pnos - 10’00’’



Quintets

voices from hidden places (2018) - voice, cello, percussion, synthesiser, oboe + quadraphonic soundscapes of Arctic + Amazon.


instruments of ice (2015) - 5 piece improvising ensemble - for ensemble, quadraphonic arctic ice + photographs


cantankerous liver (2000) - percussion ensemble + bass - 6’30’’


Quartets

sonic pollinators (2017) - trombone, cello, dbass, e.guitar + quad tape - 40’00’’


sounds like...(2017) - Brass Quartet (2 horns, 2 trombones) - 4’00’’


here not here (2016) - String Quartet + quadraphonic tape (Berlin + Laos sounds) - 24’30’’

Commissioned by Sonar Quartett with funds from AC Ireland


sounds of time and place (2015) - String Quartet, soundscape + live electronics - 26’00’’

Commissioned by Bozzini Quartet with funds from AC Ireland.


hearing leaves (2013) - String Quartet - 14’00’’

Commissioned by ConTempo as part of the Galway Music Residency 10th Anniversary


armed only with nuts (2012) - voice, bass clarinet, cello, percussion and conductor


you me (2007) - string quartet + tape - 7’30’’


supergran’s bed now has wheels (2004 revision of 2000) - cl., pno, vln, cello - 10’00’’


Trios and Duos

is it raining while you listen (2011) - a.fl., vln, pno - 9’00’’


the colourful digestive palette of slugs (2010) (RTE Lyric fm commission) - b.cl, pno, tape - 9’20’’


flies who dreamt of more than windscreens (2008) - tbn., cl., cello + tape


Dan (2007) - t.sax, cello, bass +tape - 7’30’’


old fashioned chocolate fondue fountain (2005) - violin and piano - 6’00’’


supergran’s bed now has wheels (2000) - 3 electric guitars - 10’00’’



Solo Instrument


tree flute (2018) - Baroque Flute and wind - 10’00’’ (for Carla Rees)


outside voice inside (2017) - Oboe + quadraphonic tape - 16’25’’

for Cathy Milliken


wind illusions (for Pauline) (2017) - glissando flute + quadraphonic tape - 13’30’’

for Erik Drescher


a delicious state of being (2016) - bass flute + tape (water) - 9’20’’

for Carin Levine


sonic cradle (2016) - violin, tape (ice) + projected photographs - 12’00’’

(Commissioned by Deutchlandradio Kultur + Ultraschall Festival)


quack moo sigh (2015) - voice + tape - 16’30’’

(Commissioned by Mutable Music)


loaded silence (2015) - piano and ice - 13’30’’

(Commissioned by Isabelle O’ Connell with funds from the Arts Council, Ireland.)


deafening silence (2014) - piano and tape - 5’37’’


where lost weight is found (2013) - piano, tape and live electronics - 16’00’’

(Commissioned by Andrew Zolinsky with AC Funds)


hang on, I’m not ready for a pig yet (2013) - for baroque violin and Tape - 9’10’’

(Commissioned by Claire Duff with funds from AC Ireland)


here comes another one (2011) - guided improvisation for any instrument + live electronics - 9’00’’


relocating elk...by train (2010) - bass flute + tape (for Carin Levine) - 8’30’’


Ducks and Chickens (2008) - trumpet and tape - 9’30’’


cows, coffee, birds, bees and a new room (2007) - double bass + tape - 7’00’’


are you sure you’re hearing what’s written (2007) - bass clarinet + tape - 6’00’’


just one girl playin’ around (2006) - amplified cello + tape - 7’20’’


an alsation ate my dog (2005) - bass clarinet + tape - 8’21’’


freight trains and manuscript paper (2005) - percussion + tape  (marimba and woodblock)- 7’00’’


like piglets at a market (1999) - solo pno - 8’00’’


Choral Works

shape me (2012) - SATB - 5’00’’



Tape Works

amazonian words (2018) - stereo tape - 10’00’’


hidden allure (2016) - quadraphonic tape (Berlin unheard bunkers) - 12’00’’


forever ricefields (2014) - stereo tape - 14’00’’


fried rice, curried chip and a diet coke (2007) - stereo tape - 10’32’’


are you sure you’re hearing what’s written (2007) - stereo tape - 6’00’’


Radio Art

is this on? (2016) - 38’40’’ - a site specific radio art piece for Cork city Gaol

(Commissioned by RTE Lyric fm, premiered @ Cork MidSummer Festival)

In 1927, Cork City Gaol hosted one of Ireland’s earliest radio broadcasts, the simple sound of cartwheels on cobbles. RTÉ lyric fm has commissioned is this on?, a new work for radio from renowned Irish composer Karen Power to mark the place of that first broadcast and to pay tribute to the profoundly significant contributions by women to Ireland’s turbulent history in the early twentieth century.

is this on? combines; field recordings recorded by Karen from all over the world, RTÉ Lyric fm archival materials + inaudible sounds from Cork City Gaol itself.


hearspace (2014) - 32’00’’

hearspace is a new interactive piece of radio art composed for and through Irish radio by Karen Power. On March 23rd @ 9pm RTÉ lyric fm will act as a live conduit, through which Karen Power will compose and perform a new composition for radio based on the idea of exploring the sounds of a particular time, place and memory.’



Cross Arts Collaborations

Music/Sound + Video/Film


ANTLER (2018) - Moving Image by Atoosa Pour Hosseini, Sound by Karen Power. Produced by Experimental Film Society & Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.


Arctic Abrasions (2017) - with Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz - Film of painting and sound


High Arctic Myth (2015) - with Tom Snelgrove - 25’00’’ - stereo + 5.1


Cloud of Skin (2015) - with Max le Cain - feature film


Gorging Limpet (2013) - collaboration with Max le Cain - 55 minutes

Sound, film and 8mm/16mm projector performance piece for MidSummer Festival 2013


once upon a space (2011) - collaboration with Mary Nunan

dancer, cello, b.cl. +live electronics - 25’00’’


involuntary participation (2010)- collaboration with Max Le Cain

Video and Electronics - 15’00’’


Grounded (2006) - collaboration with Sinéad Dinneen + Maria Finucane

Sound and Video Installation - 20’00’’


Sound + Photography

Arctic Allusions (2014) - collaboration with Chris Blade


Sound + Text (Literature)

dreamlives of debris (2016) - collaboration with Lance Olsen (Author)


Installations


location location location (2017) - 8 channel sound installation with photograph projections and sound choir


sounds like the amazon...(2017) - 14 channel performance installation - 33’00’’


once below (2015) - a double quadraphonic sound installation in two rooms, with 4 live soloists - 1 hour

(Commissioned as part of the DAAD Artist-in-Berlin Program + MikroMusik Festival)


North of Myth (2014) - collaboration with Joyce Majiski

5.1 sound with site specific hanging installation


are you where you think you are (2012) - 20’00’’

Quadraphonic sound + optional live element


birds I view through cracks (2010) - 20’00’’

Quadraphonic sound installation


some things just are (2008) - 40’00’’

Sound and Video Installation with live improvisation

(Commissioned by Belltable Theatre, Limerick.)