Om Christopher Moriarty

All my music exists in the imagined world of Delirium. Each new work reveals a place or event in this imagined world. There are no characters in Delirium, rather each piece is the music of the world – of the stones, of the forest, of the mountains. Included at the beginning of each score (presented as a “programme note”) is either a piece of poetry or poetic prose. These are central to the on going narrative of Delirium.

As each person listens to music, and indeed experiences art, from the perspective of their own lived experience, I, as the composer the music which I ask others to experience, can not dictate to another what they see, or indeed hear, in my music.

As such, the poetry or poetic prose is offered as a guide to the listener as to what I experienced while constructing and writing the piece and what I wish to express through a given piece. To what end? As with all art, to communicate my own lived experience and to connect with those that experience my music.

Delirium is my own contribution to what I believe makes Irish Art unique – our long and storied tradition of storytelling. I wish to tell stories with my music but not those of swashbuckling heroes or great legends of fat monarchs. Rather, I present a dark, dangerous and beautiful world. Latent in each piece of Delirium exists a criticism of our shared reality – something, as a queer artist, is of central importance to my work.

Only in the spirit of Criticism can Art ever hope to aspire to the greatest ideal of Change.

Några utvalda verk

Físeanna an Ghiorria - "Visions" (2023) - Órán Halligan [Piano]

Opaque Rhapsody - "Irish Holidays" (2018) - John Finucane [Clarinet] Elisaveta Blumina [Piano]