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A short video feature on CMC's latest CD release, Contemporary Music from Ireland, Volume Seven, featuring interviews with a selection of the composers.

Copyright ©2008 Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland.

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Contemporary Music From Ireland, Volume Seven

A special podcast to mark the release of CMC’s latest CD, Contemporary Music From Ireland, Volume Seven.


[8.6M; 9:10]

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Music excerpts used:
0:00 Four memories Paul Wilson (The Smith Quartet) © SARC
1:08 Honk Greg Caffrey (Gerard McChrystal [ssax], Mary Dullea [pf]) © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland
2:20 just one girl playin' around Karen Power (Kate Ellis [vc]) © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland
3:30 Akanos Gráinne Mulvey (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Houlihan) © RTÉ
4:35 ahu-akiva Gordon Delap (Tape) © Gordon Delap
5:30 Weaver of Grass Piers Hellawell (The Schubert Ensemble) © Metronome Recordings
7:00 The Ninth Set (Sector 1) Roger Doyle (Tape) © Roger Doyle
2:21 & 8:30 Slip from String Quartet No. 2: The Cranning (ConTempo String Quartet) © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland

The composers were interviewed on video by Niamh Heery at various locations around Ireland during February 2008.

The views expressed in this interview are those of the persons concerned and are not necessarily those of the Contemporary Music Centre.

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