A DVD aimed at Leaving Certificate music students studying Raymond Deane's Seachanges is now available.

Order and disOrder includes a performance of Seachanges (with danse macabre) by the Jane O'Leary-directed Concorde ensemble in which the set-text piece is explored by the composer in depth and discussed in the context of his Macabre trilogy.

The 183-minute-long DVD also provides a detailed biographical look at Deane's childhood, schooling, musical career and involvement in campaigns supporting Human Rights. A more concentrated section looks at his approach to composing and includes excerpts from Ripieno, Samara, Dekatriad and Lions I, as well as offering an overview of his choral and operatic works.

Produced by Arthur Sealy, music teacher at Mountmellick Community School in Co. Laois, the disc has a recommended selling price of €35 and is being distributed through CMC. It can be purchased through our online shop, at the OPUS II music stores in Dublin, Cork and Galway and through music and book shops nationwide.

To purchase from CMC, visit www.cmc.ie/shop.

Posted: 1 August 2008