Ergodos

Garrett Sholdice curates RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra concert

2012 is here, and for Ergodos it is starting off with another excellent new concert.

On January 31st, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra will perform a programme of works curated by Ergodos co-director and composer Garrett Sholdice.… (continue)

“Sonate” features on the Contemporary Music Centre’s latest album

Garrett Sholdice’s Sonate was first released by Ergodos on our album Star earlier this year. It has now been selected to appear on The Contemporary Music Centre’s 10th compliation volume of Contemporary Music in Ireland. Garrett is… (continue)

Recording and Performing “I Call to You”

We’re back in the studio thanks to the Music Network Ireland, to record a release of our upcoming performance I Call to You – a collection of new works and arrangements of Johann Sebastian Bach’s chorale prelude, Ich ruf’ zu… (continue)

Intervention: Autumn Edition at LEAP Berlin

One does not need to invent, just to intervene.

(from ‘Everything is New’, an essay by Irish composer and musicologist Seán Clancy)

This coming Friday, November 4th, Ergodos will present Intervention, the Autumn edition of our quarterly series at the (continue)

All the Ends of the Earth

All the Ends of the Earth is a meditation on the allure and beauty of the music of Medieval French composer Léonin. This performance by Ergodos Musicians (featuring vocalists Michelle O’Rourke and Nora Ryan) will capture your imagination and your emotions. The programme features seven works – contemporary arrangements of Léonin’s original compositions, and new works inspired by their muscular beauty. The result is one cohesive musical experience that will leave your mind dancing and your soul moved.

News from the Studio

Ergodos Records has been back in the studio preparing its next release, Revelavit by Linda Buckley, featuring Michelle O’Rourke on vocals. The release will be available from Ergodos Records in early October; however for those of you who cannot wait, we have… (continue)

Ergodos Quarterly Edition: Counterpoint

The summer edition, entitled Counterpoint, will feature a performance of music for solo clarinet and playback by Ergodos Musicians clarinetist Jonathan Sage, alongside an interactive sound installation by acclaimed Irish composer Jonathan Nangle, and a new sound installation in celebration of the mix-tape.

Fluence by Alexander Harker

Fluence (ER7) is a new two-track album on Ergodos Records, featuring the music of Alexander Harker. Harker negotiates the terrains of acoustic and synthesised sound with a rare dexterity, conjuring highly variegated work that feels as if it could turn in any direction at any moment. This release is a celebration of a young composer confidently speaking in a language of his own devising.

Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint

To coincide with the Reich Effect festival taking place in Cork between 27 and 31 July, Ergodos Records has released a new recording of Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint, a work for eleven clarinets. Each clarinet part was recorded by… (continue)

Release of Not by Clive Wilkinson

Ergodos have released Not, a gently seductive work using sampled piano by Clive Wilkinson. Haunted by the ghost of the ‘sad bird’ in Maurice Ravel’s piano masterpiece Miroirs, Not is both an elegy and an atmosphere. Not was created… (continue)