ONE LESS PETAL ONE LESS FLAME

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls, Donegal County Council Cultural Public Art Programme commissioned a major arts and community project in the Fanad peninsula entitled one less petal, one less flame.  In December 2006, composer Elaine Agnew started collaborating with local schools and teachers in the creation of a new piece to celebrate this anniversary.  A choir was then created from the schools involved.

one less petal, one less flame is in three parts with a prologue by Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples and an epilogue by Italian clarinetist Gabriele Mirabassi.  The main body of the work composed by Elaine Agnew draws on music and words created in the schools workshops.