| 1 October 2008 (Wednesday) |
8:00 pm
venue: Ballina Arts Centre, Newman Institute
, Ballina,
Ireland
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Spilliaert's Beach
performer(s): Liu Fang (pipa), Michael O'Toole (gui).
note: A nationwide tour of Ireland to mark the launch of ‘Changes’, a new and unique recording which brings together two world class artists Liu Fang and Michael O'Toole.
Philip Martin’s 60th Birthday Tour
8:00 pm
venue: Regional Cultural Centre
, Letterkenny,
Ireland
composer: Philip Martin
work: Prisms
performer(s): Philip Martin (pf)
note: Also works by Henri Herz and Chopin.
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| 2 October 2008 (Thursday) |
Kerry International Chamber Music Festival 2008
8:00 pm
venue: The Great Blasket Centre
, Dingle,
Ireland
composer: Dave Flynn
work: Stories from the Old World
(premiere)
performer(s): Engegård Quartet, Eoin Duignan (uillepipes) and Annóg Theatre Group.
note: Also works by Beethoven and Schubert.
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| 3 October 2008 (Friday) |
Kerry International Chamber Music Festival 2008
8:00 pm
venue: St Patrick’s Church, Kenmare
Ireland
composer: Dave Flynn
work: Stories from the Old World
performer(s): Engegård Quartet, Eoin Duignan (uillepipes) and Annóg Theatre Group.
note: Also works by Ravel and Schubert.
Brasil Now! Festival
1:05 pm
venue: John Field Room, National Concert Hall
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: Victor Lazzarini
work: n/a
performer(s): Kenneth Edge (sax), Izumi Kimura (pf).
note: Also works by Gilberto Mendes, Rubens Ricciardi, Rodolfo Coelho de Souza and Edson Zampronha. Music 21 in association with Brasil Now!
6:00 pm
venue: Mary Immaculate College
, Limerick,
Ireland
composer: Karen Power
work: an alsation ate my dog
performer(s): Deirdre O’ Leary (bcl), Katarina Mojzisova (dancer).
note: Performance as part of ‘Polish – Irish Encounters in the New and Old Europe’
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| 4 October 2008 (Saturday) |
Kerry International Chamber Music Festival 2008
8:00 pm
venue: Tech Amergin Arts Centre
Ireland
composer: Dave Flynn
work: Stories from the Old World
performer(s): Engegård Quartet, Eoin Duignan (uillpipes) and Annóg Theatre Group.
note: Also works by Beethoven and Vivaldi.
Dreamers of Pearl
8:00 pm
venue: Unitarian Church
Ireland
composer: Benedict Schlepper-Connolly
work: Ekstase IV
(premiere)
performer(s): Joseph Kubera (pf).
note: Music by Michael Byron and Benedict Schlepper-Connolly.
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| 5 October 2008 (Sunday) |
12:00 pm
venue: Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art
, Dublin 1,
Ireland
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Spilliaert's Beach
performer(s): Liu Fang (pipa), Michael O'Toole (gui).
note: A nationwide tour of Ireland to mark the launch of ‘Changes’, a new and unique recording which brings together two world class artists Liu Fang and Michael O'Toole.
Sylvestri Festival
8:00 pm
venue: Palace of Culture
Romania
composer: John Buckley
work: 2 Fantasias for Alto flute
work: Sea Echoes
(premiere)
composer: Donnacha Dennehy
work: fAt
performer(s): Bill Dowdall (fl).
note: Also works by JS Bach, Pierre Octave Ferroud, Toru Takemitsu, Debussy, CPE Bach, Leonardo de Lorenzo and Mozart/Mercadente .
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| 6 October 2008 (Monday) |
Mabel Swainson Award Winner Recital
8:00 pm
venue: John Field Room, National Concert Hall
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: John Gibson
work: An Chúilfhionn
work: Anach Cuain
performer(s): Conor Palliser (pf).
note: Also works by Shostakovich, Schumann Liszt, Beethoven and Prokofiev.
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| 8 October 2008 (Wednesday) |
8:00 pm
venue: Bishop’s Palace
, Kilkenny,
Ireland
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Spilliaert's Beach
performer(s): Liu Fang (pipa), Michael O'Toole (gui).
note: A nationwide tour of Ireland to mark the launch of ‘Changes’, a new and unique recording which brings together two world class artists Liu Fang and Michael O'Toole.
Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts
7:30 pm
venue: St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier Street
, Cheltenham,
England
composer: Donnacha Dennehy
work: Paddy
performer(s): Noszferatu
note: Also works by Andrew Poppy, Joe Cutler, Jakob ter Veldhuis, Jonathan Powell, Paul Newland, Michel van der Aa, Howard Skempton and Dave Price.
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| 9 October 2008 (Thursday) |
1:00 pm
venue: Dundalk Institute of Technology
, Dundalk,
Ireland
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Spilliaert's Beach
performer(s): Liu Fang (pipa), Michael O'Toole (gui).
note: A nationwide tour of Ireland to mark the launch of ‘Changes’, a new and unique recording which brings together two world class artists Liu Fang and Michael O'Toole.
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| 10 October 2008 (Friday) |
8:00 pm
venue: Bantry House
, Bantry,
Ireland
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Spilliaert's Beach
performer(s): Liu Fang (pipa), Michael O'Toole (gui).
note: A nationwide tour of Ireland to mark the launch of ‘Changes’, a new and unique recording which brings together two world class artists Liu Fang and Michael O'Toole.
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| 13 October 2008 (Monday) |
8:00 pm
venue: Aula Maxima, University College Cork
, Cork,
Ireland
composer: Seán Clancy
work: The Subject's Gaze is Always Already Inscribed into the Perceived Object Itself
(premiere)
composer: Jonathan Nangle
work: my heart stopped a thousand beats
composer: Karen Power
work: squeeze birds to improve your garden’s plant variety
(premiere)
composer: Dylan Rynhart
work: Prime
(premiere)
performer(s): ENSEMBLE ICC - Cora Venus Lunny (va), Kate Ellis (vc) and musical director, Daniel Bodwell (db), Karl Rooney (sax) and Enda Collins (hn).
note: Also works by Enda Bates, Garrett Sholdice, Jennifer Kelly, Aengus Ó Maoláin and Brian Ledwidge Flynn. Tickets are €12/8 at the door.
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| 14 October 2008 (Tuesday) |
Cartoons and Weirdness: A Tribute to Raymond Scott
8:00 pm
venue: Kings Place
, London,
England
composer:
work: n/a
performer(s): Stu Brown Sextet, Falco Subbateo.
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| 15 October 2008 (Wednesday) |
CMC Salon
6:00 pm
venue: Goethe Institute
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: Seóirse Bodley
work: Earlsfort Suite
composer: Kevin O'Connell
work: Three Sacred Songs
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Hungry Ghosts
performer(s): Sylvia O'Brien (S-solo), Seóirse Bodley (pf).
note: CMC Events 2008. Fifth Anniversary Series. Informal performances of new music with lively discussion. Admission free. Further information: Aoife FitzPatrick.
8:00 pm
venue: Centre Culturel Irlandais
, Paris,
France
composer: Ronan Guilfoyle
work: Artists in Residence
performer(s): Izumi Kimura (pf), Stéphane Payen (sax).
8:00 pm
venue: Unitarian Church
Ireland
composer: Seán Clancy
work: The Subject's Gaze is Always Already Inscribed into the Perceived Object Itself
composer: Jonathan Nangle
work: my heart stopped a thousand beats
composer: Karen Power
work: squeeze birds to improve your garden’s plant variety
composer: Dylan Rynhart
work: Prime
performer(s): ENSEMBLE ICC - Cora Venus Lunny (va), Kate Ellis (vc) and musical director, Daniel Bodwell (db), Karl Rooney (sax) and Enda Collins (hrn).
note: Also works by Enda Bates, Garrett Sholdice, Jennifer Kelly, Aengus Ó Maoláin, Seán Clancy & Brian Ledwidge Flynn. Tickets are €12/8 at the door.
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| 16 October 2008 (Thursday) |
3:00 pm
venue: Cowall Music Club
Scotland
composer: David Fennessy
work: bow your head
performer(s): Alba String Quartet.
note: Also works by Britten, Ravel and Shostakovich.
1:00 pm
venue: National University of Ireland, Maynooth
, Maynooth,
Ireland
composer: Anne-Marie O’Farrell
work: n/a
composer: Eric Sweeney
work: n/a
performer(s): Anne-Marie O’Farrell & Cormac De Barra (hrps).
note: Also works by Bach and Handel. Free Admission.
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| 17 October 2008 (Friday) |
New Music - New Ireland
8:00 pm
venue: Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
, New York,
USA
composer: Ed Bennett
work: Breath
composer: John Kinsella
work: Prelude and Toccata
composer: Deirdre McKay
work: between
composer: Ailís Ní Ríain
work: DON'T
composer: Jane O’Leary
work: Piano Quintet
composer: Jennifer Walshe
work: minard/nithsdale
composer: Ian Wilson
work: In fretta, in vento
performer(s): Carol McGonnell (cl), Isabelle O’Connell (pf), ConTempo String Quartet.
note: Presented by the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland, in association with Culture Ireland.
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| 18 October 2008 (Saturday) |
8:00 pm
venue: National Concert Hall
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: Fergal Carroll
work: Blackwater
performer(s): Combined Bands of the Defence Forces, conductor Commandant Mark Armstrong.
|
| 19 October 2008 (Sunday) |
1:30 pm
venue: Orfeo's Erben Cinema
, 60486 Frankfurt am Main,
Germany
composer: David Fennessy
work: Crying on the inside (Laughing on the outside)
performer(s): International Ensemble Modern Academy.
note: Premiere of Movie version of "Crying on the inside (laughing on the outside)" made in collaboration with German film maker David Jahn.
3:00 pm
venue: National Gallery of Ireland
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer:
work: n/a
performer(s): Josef Feigelson (vc), Elisabeta Blumina (pf), Cora Venus Lunny (vn) and Judith Mok (S-solo).
note: Featuring the world premiere of Louis Andriessen’s ‘Machmes Vos’ and works by Shostakovich. Supported by Dublin City Council and the Embassy of Latvia.
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| 20 October 2008 (Monday) |
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
Frontiers
7:30 pm
venue: Birmingham Conservatoire
, Birmingham,
England
composer: Ed Bennett
work: String Factory
composer: Frank Lyons
work: Rush
composer: Paul Wilson
work: Trapped in Ice
performer(s): Darragh Morgan (vn). (replacing Mary Dullea & Julia Bardsley)
note: Also works by Jürgen Brauninger and Steve Reich.
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| 21 October 2008 (Tuesday) |
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
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| 22 October 2008 (Wednesday) |
Metamorphosen
8:00 pm
venue: Canis Major Clarion Hotel
, Ballinode,
Ireland
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Eyeless upon a dark river
(premiere)
performer(s): Aisling Casey (ob), EnsembleCaméléon.
note: Presented by Con Brio.
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
6:30 pm
venue: Goethe Institute
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: Seóirse Bodley
work: The Naked Flame
composer: David Bremner
work: Three Songs
(premiere)
composer: Jonathan Nangle
work: grow quiet gradually
(premiere)
performer(s): Liz Hilliard (s-solo) David Bremner (pf).
note: Also works by Christopher Fox and Dennis Bathory-Kitsz.
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| 23 October 2008 (Thursday) |
Cork Orchestral Society
8:00 pm
venue: Curtis Auditorium
, Union Quay,
Ireland
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Eyeless upon a dark river
performer(s): Aisling Casey (ob), EnsembleCaméléon.
note: Commissioned by Aisling Casey with funds from Arts Council of Ireland Commissions award.
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
8:00 pm
venue: Kean University
, Union,
USA
composer: Greg Caffrey
work: Pluck, (Bow)
(premiere)
performer(s): Duo Fresco: Brett Deubner (va) and Christopher Kenniff (gui).
1:30 pm
venue: Pro Cathedral
Ireland
composer: Vincent Kennedy
work: Friends
performer(s): Gerard Gillen (org), Vincent Kennedy (tpt).
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| 24 October 2008 (Friday) |
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
Dead Body at the Meter House
8:00 pm
venue: The Meter House
, Ormeau Road ,
Northern Ireland
composer: Brian Irvine
work: Junk Genius: The Klippel Collection
(premiere)
performer(s): Isabelle O’Connell (pf).
note: Also works by Peter Rosser.
8:00 pm
venue: Letterkenny Institute of Technology
, Letterkenny,
Ireland
composer: Vincent Kennedy
work: A Different Drum
performer(s): Donegal Youth Orchestra with members of RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra,conductor James Cavanagh.
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| 25 October 2008 (Saturday) |
ISCM World Music Days
7:00 pm
venue: Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall
, LT-01129,
Lithuania
composer: Gráinne Mulvey
work: Akanos
performer(s): Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Robertas Servenikas (conductor).
6:00 pm
venue: Westminster Cathedral
, London,
England
composer: Eric Sweeney
work: Missa Brevis
performer(s): Piccolo Lasso, director Ite O'Donovan.
6:00 pm
venue: Digital Hub
, Dublin,
Ireland
composer: Linda Buckley
work: New work
(premiere)
composer: Jonathan Nangle
work: WARNING!! If you leave your Robot in the rain this will void your warranty.
(premiere)
performer(s): Spatial Music Collective.
note: Also works by Enda Bates, Brian Bridges, Ian McDonnell and Simon Cullen.
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
3:00 pm
venue: St Agatha’s Church
, North William Street,
Ireland
composer: Vincent Kennedy
work: Hymn To St. Agatha
(premiere)
performer(s): Gerard Gillen (org), Choir of St Agatha's and guest choirs.
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| 26 October 2008 (Sunday) |
Masterworks
8:00 pm
venue: Riverbank Arts Centre
, Newbridge,
Ireland
composer: Kevin O'Connell
work: Étude 2000
work: Fuga à 4 voci
performer(s): Alexei Nabioulin
note: Also works by Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev.
Good Shepherd Music Series
6:00 pm
venue: Good Shepherd Catholic Church
, Brooklyn,
USA
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Cartography
performer(s): Greg Harrington (vn).
note: Also works by James MacMillan, Kreisler, Massenet & Vieuxtemps. Admission by donation.
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
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| 27 October 2008 (Monday) |
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
INTERACTIVE ARTS SERIES
8:00 pm
venue: Loewe Theater
, 35 West 4th Street,
USA
composer: Ricardo Climent
work: Russian Disco
composer: Paul Wilson
work: Beneath the Surface
performer(s): Esther Lamneck (cl), Elizabeth McNutt (fl).
note: Also works by Eric Lyon, Andrew May and Robert Rowe.
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| 28 October 2008 (Tuesday) |
8:00 pm
venue: National Concert Hall
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: Vincent Kennedy
work: Fanfare and Anthem
performer(s): Rathfarnham Wind Symphony Band, conductor Vincent Kennedy.
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
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| 29 October 2008 (Wednesday) |
8:00 pm
venue: Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
China
composer: Donnacha Dennehy
work: STAMP
performer(s): Smith Quartet.
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
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| 30 October 2008 (Thursday) |
Cutting Edge 2008
7:30 pm
venue: The Warehouse
, London,
England
composer: Donnacha Dennehy
work: A Fatal Optimist
(premiere)
performer(s): CoMA
note: Also works by Tansy Davies, Andrew Poppy, Robert Szymanek, Paul Burnell, Philip Cashian and Paul Evernden.
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
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| 31 October 2008 (Friday) |
Dream and Variations ll
1:05 pm
venue: John Field Room, National Concert Hall
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: Greg Caffrey
work: Firefly Catching
work: Six Illustrations musicales du Petit Nicolas
(premiere)
composer: Ronan Guilfoyle
work: Suite No.1 for piano
(premiere)
performer(s): Izumi Kimura (pf).
note: Also works by Toshinao Sato and Takashi Yoshimatsu.
7:30 pm
venue: Lemon Tree
, Aberdeen,
Scotland
composer: David Fennessy
work: Foot foot and other stories
performer(s): Scottish Flute Trio, Rhian Macleod (perc) and Curve Foundation Dance Company.
8:00 pm
venue: National Concert Hall
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: Stephen Gardner
work: Hallelujah
(premiere)
performer(s): Chloë Hanslip (vn), Thérèse Fahy (pf), RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gerhard Markson.
note: Also works by Mozart, Messiaen and Ravel.
Bed of Macbeth
11:00 am
venue: Project Arts Centre
, Dublin 2,
Ireland
composer: George Higgs
work: Bed of Macbeth
performer(s): Sean Carpio, Kate Ellis, Tony Gallagher, Margaret Hannon and Sarah Lincoln.
note: A music cinema installation adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Open all day from 11am - 8pm.
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