Listen Back with Eimear Reidy & Natalia Beylis: Whose Woods These Are

Eimear Reidy and Natalia Beylis began creating music together in 2020 for an arboreal music and research project titled ‘Whose Woods These Are.’ Based in Leitrim, the duo compose new music for keyboard instruments, cello and electronics. Together, they have formed a distinctive musical language that represents a common ground between their individual practices and opens avenues for improvisation within their performances.

The title of their musical research project, Whose Woods These Are, is taken from Robert Frost’s ‘Stopping by Woods.’ The poem entered the public domain at midnight, 1 January 2020, and now it is owned by no one/owned by us all collectively. The aim of the project is to bring audiences into woodland settings in hopes of encouraging people to spend time amongst the trees and with the ultimate goal of allowing the public to have a hand in the conservation of our forests.

“Cellist Reidy and experimental all-rounder Beylis conjure the otherworldly wonder of the forest in these pieces: The Sloes Made Sweet hovers like dusk light between leaves, ominous and intoxicating. ‘They Rustle And Blink In The Hawthorn’ is a kosmische moonrise: an odyssey of drones, chirruping keys and birdsong. The winding cello and organ drones of 'A Shelter Of Junipers' wrap around one another like the roots of ancient trees, like Oliver Coates' compositions encased in dirt. Beylis has been vocal on the subject of environmental justice, and the protection of Ireland’s woodlands” - Eoin Murray. The Quietus

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