Machnamh (2022)
(ruminations on a tune by Seán Ó Riada)

This piece can be performed as a string quartet or with the addition of a didgeridoo. An instrument in C will be required for the end of the piece. A prelude might be played before the piece on a didgeridoo in D.

Machnamh was commissioned by Owen J. Conlan in memory of his mother.

It was composed for the Brodsky Quartet on the occasion of their 50th birthday.

The composer gratefully acknowledges Peadar Ó Riada for permission to base this piece on his father's tune, 'Mná na hÉireann'