This recording is supported by an Athenaeum Award from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), which provides funding for staff-led research and knowledge exchange projects.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fennessy's music is characterized by a blend of the sensual and the intellectual, stemming from his background where he felt music in his body before hearing it.
Composer Biography
David Fennessy, the composer, began his musical life as a guitarist in a school rock band and had no formal musical training until age fifteen.
Composition History
The Piano Trio on this album uses twenty minutes of a radio conversation between American avant-garde heavyweights John Cage and Morton Feldman as its structural basis.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fennessy describes classical music as 'a party I wasn't invited to,' and he actively seeks ways to immerse himself in the experience.
Compositional Technique
Since 2009, Fennessy's chamber works have explored the dynamics of leaders and followers and individual expression within a collective.
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