Commissioned by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance as part of their digital Tune In Festival, this collaboration with Errollyn Wallen was filmed at the Royal College of Music in London and in the Scottish Highlands.

Daedalus was the Greek mythological character who made wings for his son, Icarus. Daedalus told him not to fly too near the sun as the wax on his wings would melt; the boy ignored the warning, fell into the sea and drowned.

Errollyn wrote this song from Daedalus’ perspective and alluded to his murder, years earlier, of Perdix, his nephew and apprentice, whose own talent for inventing threatened to overshadow that of Daedalus.

This film is not currently available to view online, but if you are interested in watching then please feel free to email me for a private link.