Oliver Searle

Programme Note

Life often passes us by at a very fast rate, especially when we lead busy and overly-full lives. Major events often come and go quickly; birthdays fly by, leaving us to wonder where each day, week and month disappeared to.

Consider the life of the Moose Antler Fly:

They only live and feed on Moose Antlers - without which they would die - and their whole lifespan is condensed into a little over 24 hours. How many birthdays do they celebrate in that time? Do they even have any time for birthdays, or the occasional Moose Antler Christmas?

This piece is a short homage to the Moose Antler Fly, containing a large quantity of information in a short period of time, with perhaps the briefest hint of remembering a birthday of two ...

Notes

For Lesley Bell and Fiona McLeod