Duration 15'
First performed 2001, manchester (Goldberg Ensemble)
Guardian review
Original programme note:
Infinite Breathing juxtaposes quiet, intimate moments with intense, quasi-ritualistic passages. The two musics emphasise the contrasting qualities of each other. Beyond the surface differences, though, they share a deeper concern, that of finding a place in the world, that point where past, present and future coalesce into an all-pervading now, and the Ephemeral (as represented by the act of breathing) may seem to encompass the Infinite (the force of Life).
