New Music Digest: 2 – 8 September

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Events this Week

NY-based Irish pianist Isabelle O'Connell performs a programme of piano works from both sides of the Atlantic, with a premiere of Andrew Hamilton's O.A.I.R

  • 8.30pm, 3 Sept, Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin
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Guitarist Morgan Buckley performs a concert that includes John Buckley's Guitar Sonata No. 2 as well as music by Villa-Lobos, Britten and others.

  • 8pm, 3 Sept, John Field Room, National Concert Hall
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The ConTempo Quartet perform Jane O'Leary's Mystic Play of Shadows as part of a series exploring the influence of Haydn's String Quartets on contemporary Irish composers.

  • 1.10pm, 3 Sept, Galway City Library

Kaleidoscope Night's 4th Birthday celebrations take place at the Sugar Club, with a huge range of music, including a premiere of a new work by Adrian Hart.

  • 9pm, 5 Sept, The Sugar Club, Dublin
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Pianist Izumi Kimura performs Ravel and Takemitsu, and premieres Benoît Delbecq's Self-Portraits in Calligrams.

  • 1.05pm, 6 Sept, National Concert Hall, Dublin
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Watch

A video from Kaleidoscope's set at Kilkenny Arts Festival, including Tan Dun's Concerto for Six, which will be performed again at the 4th Birthday Party.