The Indistinguishables comprises the spoken common names of seventy species of moth sighted in the UK (some native species, some irregular visitors, some extinct), each accompanied by a fleeting soundtrack of a single chord or gesture. The music unfolds through a sequence of harmonies, which frame categories of allusion in the “found poetry” of the names: the cosmos, the supernatural, the macabre, the pastoral, the ephemeral, etc. Each name / gesture is a single musical object, separated by a pause or silence, like moth specimens pinned to a board.

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Premiere

• June 17, 2014, Composer’s Kitchen 2014: Concert, Maison des Jeunesses musicales du Canada – Salle Joseph-Rouleau, Montréal (Québec)