The text for this piece is taken from an article in The Independent newspaper of October 12th 1999, by David McKittrick. It quotes extracts from the book “Lost Lives – the stories of the men, women, and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles”, by David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, and Chris Thornton, published by Mainstream.
First Performance: CoMA, Bath Festival, June 2000
Instrumental performers will need to enter in response to cues and play in their own time until completing a phrase. Vocalists will need to whisper, speak, sing, and scream.