Stones Fall to the Sea was written in response to the landscape of the South Downs, a range of chalk hills in the south of England. Referencing Jacquetta Hawkes’ A Land, the piece explores the chalk landscape as a temporally and spatially interrelated form where connections can be made materially, economically, ecologically, politically, and environmentally. Stones Fall to the Sea embraces and celebrates matter under the weight of time, compressing, pulsating, folding, eroding, shaping, and forming anew.

Written for the Extradition Ensemble and performed by Sam Klapper (violin), Colin Oldham (cello), Shao Way Wu (bass), Juniana Lanning (electronics), Daniel Reyes Llinás (guitar), and Stephanie Lavon Trotter (piano). With thanks to Matt Hannafin.

Full programme: Ryoko Akama, Object Performance (2014); Marianne Schuppe, Behind (2019–20; Nomi Epstein, Structured Improvisation #1.19 (2019); Thomas Stiegler, Märchenbilder I (2013); Sarah Hughes, Stones Fall to the Sea (2023)