What is the Word

DIACD031  |  5th April 2020

Benjamin Dwyer

What is the Word

“what is the word is an intensely dramatic and moving half-hour piece that impresses the listener with its consummate combination of ambition and accomplishment, while the disc as a whole is one that repays repeated listening and deep engagement.”

The Journal of Music

“Dwyer finds convincing sound worlds for the poems’ contrasting themes – from ritualistic gestures in the portentous  Neither to the haloing of the stuttering text in  what is the word with luminous, buoyant harmonies.

The Strad

Music

  1. residua i |
  2. residua ii |
  3. residua iii |
  4. residua iv |
  5. residua v |
  6. residua vi |
  7. what is the word i – neither |
  8. what is the word ii – interlude I |
  9. what is the word iii – On!…Still! |
  10. what is the word iv – interlude II |
  11. what is the word v – what is the word |
  12. disjecta i |
  13. disjecta ii |
  14. disjecta iii |
  15. disjecta iv |
  16. disjecta v |

Performers

  • Conor LovettVoice
  • Maya HomburgerBaroque Violin
  • Benjamin DwyerGuitar / prepared guitar
  • Barry GuyDouble Bass

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    Credits

    • Recorded + Mixed by Chris Corrigan
    • Mastered by Chris Corrigan
    • Cover art by Maria Simonds-Gooding, Barra Ó Séaghdha
    • Designed by Max Franosch
    • Produced by Nick Roth