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Features 2012

interviews   video/audio features    articles

Interviews

An Interview with Composer Paul Flynn [August]
Includes video extracts

An interview with composer Paul Flynn, poet Noel Monahan and musician Evin O'Meara about the work Suibhne Faoi Bhodhrán Gealaí (Sweeney Under a Full Moon), which will be premiered in Cavan on 12 August.

An Interview with Daniel Figgis [July]
Includes audio extracts
An interview with Daniel Figgis, whose Crash Ensemble-commissioned work, dimmerswitch, will be premiered by the group as part of the Galway Arts Festival on 19 July 2012.

Interview with John Kinsella [February]
Includes video extracts
John Kinsella talks about his latest work, Symphony No. 10, which will be performed by the Irish Chamber Orchestra in Limerick and Dublin on 9 and 11 February 2012.

Video/Audio Features

CMC Salon: Martin Johnson [December]
Includes video extracts

A short extract from David Fennessy's Five Hofer Photographs performed by cellist Martin Johnson in the Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall as part of CMC's Salon on 25 October 2012.

Hilltown New Music Festival 2012 [November]
Includes video extracts

A short film from the Hilltown New Music Festival 2012 which took place in July.

Live at Your Place with the Crash Ensemble [July]
Includes video extracts

An excerpt from Enda Bates' Duo & Tape performed at CMC's first 'Live at Your Place' event which took place as part of Love:Live Music Day on 21 June 2012.

CMC Salon: Dublin Laptop Orchestra [June]
Includes video extracts
The Dublin Laptop Orchestra performs 'Smacht'; by David Collier at CMC's new music::new Ireland Salon at the Kevin Barry Room at the National Concert Hall on 30 May 2012.

CMC new music::new Ireland Salon - Kaleidoscope Premieres [May]
Includes video extracts
Kaleidoscope curators Cliodhna Ryan and Kate Ellis perform an extract from David Fennessy's Rest. The performance was recorded on 25 April 2012 in the Kevin Barry Room at the National Concert Hall.

new music::new Ireland Salon [May]
Extracts from CMC's new music::new Ireland Salon recorded on 28 March 2012 with pianist and composer, Simon Mawhinney.

Crash Ensemble: Free State VII [April]
A series of short audio interviews with the composers who feature in the Crash Ensemble's Free State concert on 5 April 2012.

new music::new Ireland Salon [April]
Includes video extracts
An extract from CMC's new music::new Ireland Salon, which took place at the Kevin Barry Room at the National Concert Hall, February 29, 2012. Dave Flynn and Aoife Ní Bhriain perform Dave Flynn's Toccata for Obama.

An Draíocht by Alyson Barber [March]
Includes video extracts
Concorde perform Alyson Barber's An Draíocht at CMC as part of the ensemble's 'Up Close with Music' concert series on 11 February 2012.

Re:play: Trio Scordatura - Dubh [March]
Includes video extracts
In a new series exploring past CD releases featuring contemporary Irish music, Bernard Clarke writes about Trio Scordatura's album Dubh, released in 2010 on the Ergodos label.

new music::new Ireland Salon: Quiet Music Ensemble [January]
Includes video extracts
Performance from CMC's 2011 Culture Night of Enda Bates' new work 'Overture, an elegy to G.F. Handel', featuring Cliona Doris (harp) and Enda Bates (electronics).

CMC Christmas Event 2011 [January]
Includes video extracts
Joe O'Farrell performs Gráinne Mulvey's work for flute and electronics, 'Shifting Colours', in CMC on 14 December 2011.

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Articles

Gerald Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest [April]
Gerald Barry writes about his opera, The Importance of Being Earnest. The work receives its European premiere in London on 26 April 2012.

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