SonicMaps
presents
The Expansive Canvas
This locative audio walk around Trinity College Dublin features creative audio responses to the lives and music of the extraordinary 19th-Century women composers featured in The Expansive Canvas conference and collaborative symposium that took place in August 2025
Creator: Creative Conductor
Published: 5 September 2025
🎧Audio Samples
1. I am Augusta Holmes by Bernadette Scott
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A text by Bernadette Scott imagining the shedding of Augusta Holmes' male pen name, and a reflection on her unorthodox life.
2. Elegy in Snow by Adrienne Jill Maher
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A poem by Adrienne Jill Maher featuring a performance of Clara Schumann's Nocturne in F major Op. 6 No. 2.
The poem is read by Dr Nicole Grimes
Credit: www.classicals.de
Pianist: Gregor Quendel
3. Fleet/Le Murmure by Mary Branley & Cliodhna Quinlan
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A poem and new composition by Mary Branley (poem) and Cliodhna Quinlan (music)
The poem is inspired by the lives of the composers of the Expansive Canvas and the Jig is inspired by Maria Szymanowska's nocturne Le Murmure, using phrases from the work as a starting point.