Grant: RTF31
Detail: Organ and chamber ensemble (15 minutes)
Premiere: 5 July 2019, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London
Performers: Claire M Singer and London Contemporary Orchestra
Recording: Released by Touch on 7 November 2025
The London Contemporary Orchestra commissioned Claire to write gleann ciùin with funding from the Richard Thomas Foundation and from the PRS New Music Biennial.
Background: Claire M Singer is a composer, producer and performer of acoustic and electronic music, film and installations. Known for her experimental approach to the organ, the Quietus dubbed Claire M Singer’s debut album for organ, cello and electronics, ‘genuinely magical.’ In June 2017 she was a recipient of the inaugural Oram Awards from the PRS Foundation and New BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
The piece was performed again at London’s Southbank on 17 January 2020, and on 7 December 2025