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Zoë Conway and Garth Knox : Irish Wind Song 3, "Fairy Wind"

The third song is called "Fairy Wind: Three Windy Haiku". In Ireland there was a belief that the wind is caused by the movement of fairies, or that fairies inhabit the wind. The player’s bow combines with the breath to evoke the sounds of this magical wind. The voice sings without words, but at different points in the song it speaks the texts of three haiku written by the Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock. These texts were written especially for this piece, in Irish and in English. The singing voice also uses lilting, a form of singing which uses ‘nonsense’ words to imitate the sounds of instruments. This singing style used to be common all over Ireland in villages where they had no instruments. Three windy haiku by Gabriel Rosenstock an ghaoth sa tóir uirthi féin ó mhaidin . . . cén deireadh a bheidh leis seo the wind chasing itself all morning . . . where will it end seangáin de sciuird faoi charraig . . . sí gaoithe ants scurry under a rock . .. fairy wind ní imíonn sé rófhada uaidh . . . hata an bhabhdáin a sciob an ghaoth it doesn't go far . . . the scarecrow's hat snatched by the wind The three "Wind Songs" were written for and dedicated to Katherine Clarke as part of her "Singing Viola" project . With thanks to the Arts Council England and the Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust who made this commission possible. Performed live by Zoë Conway, voice and Garth Knox, viola and composition, at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 2024