A Fever of Unknown Origin was commissioned for the project Trying and Trying and Trying - a music and poetry collaboration with poet Gethan Dick and the Workers Union Ensemble, engaging with themes and data from contemporary biochemical research.

The Album was launched February 2011.

Project supported by the Wellcome Trust

David IbbettFebruary 15, 2012a fever of unknown origin, poetry, workers union, gethan dick, wellcome trust, trying and trying and trying

:: Sound Tracks ::

Sound Tracks - for sextet and electronics sampled from the London Underground - was commissioned by the Workers Union Ensemble for the Huddersfield Shorts November 2009.

Listen to the live recording:

David IbbettFebruary 14, 2012concert, huddersfield, sound tracks, workers union, huddersfield festival

:: Rain Dances ::

Rain Dances - for solo alto saxophone and live electronics - was commissioned by the Workers Union Ensemble at the Leeds Festival, March 2011, performed by Ellie Steemson.

I wanted to explore the wide spectrum of emotions provoked by rain and rainfall, placing the saxophone in a world of drizzling, trickling, gurgling and occasional downpour, landscaped by melodic/harmonic arches.

David IbbettFebruary 14, 2012concert, rain dances, workers union, leeds festival, ellie steemson