The blackbird’s song: immediately accessible and impenetrably complex; a single melody and a web of counterpoint; endlessly inventive and always repeating itself; completely original and so well known; the peace of a garden and the irrepressible joy of creativity; performed daily and free of charge in the grandest gardens and the bleakest urban slums; a music that belongs to all and is owned by none.

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Skyline was realized in 2016 at the Electroacoustic Music Studios of Bangor University (Wales, UK) and premiered on October 20, 2016 at Theatr Bryn Terfel, Pontio (Bangor). Skyline includes recordings of Bangor University’s Crossley-Holland collection of pre-Columbian Mexican wind instruments. Thanks to Susan Rawcliffe (flautist) and Scott Flesher (recording supervisor). Skyline was awarded the 1st prize at the 10th Destellos Electroacoustic Composition Competition (Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2017).

Premiere

• October 20, 2016, Unseen Preludes: Denis Smalley at 70, Pontio — Bangor University, Bangor (Wales, UK)

Awards

• 1st prize, Fixed medium, 10th Destellos Competition 2017, Mar del Plata (Argentina)