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A fitting testament to an ensemble who have challenged their audience for 25 years
Founded in 1997 by Donnacha Dennehy, Andrew Synott and Michael Seaver, Crash Ensemble have officially been pushing boundaries and exploring the possibilities of modern classical music for a quarter of a century. The Dublin-based collective have worked with an eclectic array of luminaries, including Steve Reich, Gavin Friday, Dawn Upshaw and more, and performed to audiences around the world.
Rather aptly, their 25th birthday celebration nods both to their home-grown and international ambitions. In 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic, the ensemble commissioned 17 Irish and international composers, all from different stylistic backgrounds – electronica to folk to classical –, to write new works for two instruments. The point of the exercise, they claimed, was to create “an honest, human and emotive response for now and the future.
On some pieces, the limitations of two instruments indubitably feels a little restrictive. Mostly, however, these are fine examples of what can be done with a narrowly-defined palette and evidence of the ensemble’s skilled players. Anselm McDonnell’s cut-and-pasted use of news clips – Boris, Leo et al spouting soundbites like ‘public health’, ‘calm’ and ‘work from home’ – on the cello- and clarinet-based Cross Purposes is both abrasive and compelling.
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