Destroy Recycle Construct
2011, chamber ensemble, Compositions

Destroy Recycle Construct

Destroy Recycle Construct

(2011)

Mixed quintet

Instrumentation:

voice
contrabass/alto recorder
contrabass flute/flute
trumpet
piano

Duration: 12′


Written for Hexnut, accompanied by the photographs of Edward Burtynsky
Composed as part of the WRENCH project
First performance: 22 May, 2011, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam
Texts and Music by Ned McGowan

 

 

Libretto:

extract mine gouge drill
blow up blast strip incur quarry excavate wrench deplete ravage devastate 
separate filter transform refine purify degradate stockpile 

produce construct shape manufacture 

eat burn consume exhaust 

destroy discard abandon bury shipbreak char litter 

salvage reclaim recycle reprocess renew repeat

 

mixed quintetDestroy Recycle Construct (2011) Mixed quintet Instrumentation: voicecontrabass/alto recordercontrabass flute/flutetrumpetpiano Duration: 12′ Written for Hexnut, accompanied by the photographs of Edward BurtynskyComposed as part of the WRENCH projectFirst performance: 22 May, 2011, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, AmsterdamTexts and Music by Ned McGowan Libretto: extract mine gouge drillblow up blast strip incur quarry excavate wrench deplete ravage devastate separate filter transform refine purify degradate stockpile produce construct shape manufacture eat burn consume exhaust destroy discard abandon bury shipbreak char litter salvage reclaim recycle reprocess renew repeat