Leatherwing

Leatherwing is a work inspired by and in tribute to the charismatic Lesser Horseshoe Bat. Featuring interviews with ecologist Tanya Slattery (recorded by Fiona Linnane during an Arts Council of Ireland Artist in the Community Project with Limerick Bat Group in 2022) and heterodyne detector recordings of the Lesser Horseshoe Bat call made by Michel Barataud, the work is a conversation between harpsichord, recorded voice and a Lesser Horseshoe Bat. The work was premiered in concert by harpsichordist Yonit Kosovske in March 2023 at the Limerick Early Music Festival on a programme featuring the Limerick New Music Ensemble, and again in May 2023 at the Galway Early Music Festival.