Peter Nagle: composer, performer, sound artist
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    • Orchestral >
      • The complete consort dancing together
      • The Gull Catchers
      • Infinite Breathing
      • Pictures at an Exhibition
      • Until I die there will be sounds
      • What will survive of us is love
    • Large Ensemble (6+ players) >
      • The Ballads of the Four Seasons
      • Congregation
      • Haydn
      • Miles After Midnight
      • Musicking
      • tightrope walker
      • To The Furthest Shore
    • Small Ensemble (3-5 players) >
      • String Quartet No. 3
      • Haydn (String Quartet No. 2)
      • String Quartet No. 1
    • Solo & Duo >
      • Cantus
      • Heaven in a Wild Flower
      • Here
      • The Line to the South and the West
      • The Mountain
      • Le tombeau de Feldman
      • Parts and Poems of the Body
      • Piano music
      • Piece for Violin and Piano
      • Six Pieces for Melodica
      • Sonata for Cello and Piano
      • Sonata for Violin and Piano
    • Electronic & Recorded Media >
      • Automatic Writing
      • Fountainhead
      • Invisible Cities
      • Ronan Point
      • Water Music
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Ronan Point

Ronan Point was a tower block in Canning Town, typical of the kind of cheap and quickly raised housing constructed in the 60s. On 15 May 1968 a gas explosion in one of the flats killed four people and left many more injured and homeless. My piece features retuned strings, field recordings from the site and surrounding area, drones and processed sounds to reflect on an event that was a traumatic and transformative episode in the history of architecture, social housing and the relationship between society and environment.