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World Premiere BAILE by Xenia Pestoval Bennett

  • Yonit Kosovske (Performer)
  • , Xenia Pestova Bennett (Performer)
  • , Sarah Groser (Performer)
  • , Xenia Pestova Bennett (Composer)
  • , Yonit Kosovske (Commissioner) (Other)

Research output: Non-textual formPerformance

Abstract

BAILE by Xenia Pestova Bennett

For amplified clavichord, toy piano, viola da gamba, electronics, and recorded voices reflecting on universal themes of home, migration,
and (be)longing.

1. Nests
2. Circles
3. Ghosts

World premiere
Belltable, Limerick

Xenia Pestova Bennett, toy piano
Sarah Groser, treble viola da gamba
Yonit Kosovske, clavichord

RECORDED VOICES
Xenia Pestova Bennett
Sarah Groser
Yonit Kosovske
Patrick Goyvaerts
Hugo Hamilton
Mairead O'hEocha

'Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and
sing about. Maybe it’s not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places
you visit…' (Hugo Hamilton, The Speckled People)

Special thanks to:

Arts Council of Ireland Music Commissions Award
Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia
Jochen Neurath
Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Place of PublicationLimerick, Ireland
PublisherLimerick Early Music
Media of outputOnline
Publication statusPublished - 23 Mar 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

  • new music
  • female composers
  • identity
  • clavichord
  • toy piano
  • viola da gamba
  • music commission

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