University of York Music Press

The extended work forms a book of individual pieces, each a page long.

There is no specific way in which each piece should be ordered or arranged for performance, however with two vocals quartets, each quartet may sing each piece in an overlapped, antiphonal sequence.

The work is “a contemplation of our embeddedness within, and our being-at-one with, the world.”

“Using texts from four different sources - writings of Cage and Pessoa, studies of Vermeer and the birdlife of Gateshead - the music accumulates brick-by-brick, reflecting the way we construct and enclose ourselves within the spaces we live in, both interior and exterior.”

The work was first performed by EXAUDI at Sounds New Festival, Canterbury on 4th May 2014.

The mural project was made possible by generous funding from The Hinrichsen Foundation.

More information and how to purchase the CD can be found here.

Weeks’ The World in Tune has also recently been released on CD under Edition Wandelweiser Records.

Composed and published in 2013, the solo soprano piece focuses on the subject of prayer and was commissioned by Irene Kurka.

The CD is titled beten.prayer and features works from six other composers. More information can be found here.