C. Exigua
for trombone quartet
Instrumentation:
3tbn.btbn
Duration:
7’
C. Exigua was commissioned by Slide Action trombone quartet and was premiered during Aldeburgh Festival 2022. The Cymothoa Exigua, AKA the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod infamous for entering the gills of fish, clawing off their tongue and attaching itself in its place. The C. Exigua lives amiably within the fish’s mouth as a fully functioning organ.
Recording available on RE:BUILD, released on NMC Recordings, performed by Slide Action.
Performances
3 July 2024 Slide Action, Spitalfields Festival, London
31 May 2024 Slide Action, Woolwich Works, London
21 October 2023 Slide Action, Lucerne School of Music, Lucerne
19 October 2023 Slide Action, Hans Erni Museum, Lucerne
18 October 2023 Slide Action, Richi Irniger House Concert, Zurich
29 September 2023 Slide Acton, Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham
29 October 2022 Slide Action, British Trombone Festival, Birmingham
11 June 2022 Slide Action, Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings