Tuireadh is Gaelic for a lament (or requiem) for the dead, and this work is dedicated to the victims of the Piper Alpha disaster and their families. On the evening of 6 July 1988 a fire broke out on the Piper Alpha off-shore oil and gas platform located in the North Sea. The fire was uncontrollable and evacuation plans inadequate, and as a result many men died and others had to be rescued from the sea. The composer comments that he was specifically inspired by a letter he received from the mothe...