13 Vices by Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe at April Jazz at The National Concert Hall

‘13 Vices’, by Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe, for ensemble, improvisers, conductor and voice.

Inspired in part by Mihail Chemiakin’s – ‘Children are the victims of adult vices’ (a series of grotesque sculptures located in a park in Bolotnaya Square, Balchug, 800 metres south of the Moscow Kremlin) this unique work is the result of a collaboration between two of Ireland’s most dynamic compositional voices – Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe.

Performed by a specially formed ensemble that combines three of Europe’s most explosive free improvisers – Paul Dunmall (saxophone), Paul Rogers (double bass) and Mark Sanders (percussion) together with the strings of the acclaimed Scottish based contemporary music group – Red Note Ensemble...

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‘13 Vices’, by Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe, for ensemble, improvisers, conductor and voice.

Inspired in part by Mihail Chemiakin’s – ‘Children are the victims of adult vices’ (a series of grotesque sculptures located in a park in Bolotnaya Square, Balchug, 800 metres south of the Moscow Kremlin) this unique work is the result of a collaboration between two of Ireland’s most dynamic compositional voices – Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe.

Performed by a specially formed ensemble that combines three of Europe’s most explosive free improvisers – Paul Dunmall (saxophone), Paul Rogers (double bass) and Mark Sanders (percussion) together with the strings of the acclaimed Scottish based contemporary music group – Red Note Ensemble. Thirteen Vices melts the boundaries between disciplines and dominates the space that lies somewhere between theatre, contemporary classical, free improvisation, opera, conduction, poetry, thrash and trash!"

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