New Music Digest: 13 – 19 April

ourtunesEvents This Week:

CMC present OurTunes, a mini-festival of music for children aged 5-10, as part of the MusicTown festival

  • 18-19 Apr, Contemporary Music Centre, Fishamble St, Dublin
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The first annual MusicTown Festival continues this week, with many genres of performers performing in venues across the city

  • 10-18 Apr, venues across Dublin
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The Elwood Guitar Quartet will premiere a new concerto for four guitars and piano by Martin O'Leary, who will also perform music by John McLachlan and John Cage at a Fuaim lunchtime concert

  • 16 Apr, 1.10pm, Riverstown Hall, NUI Maynooth
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The next event in the new concert series Listen @ Wellington takes place on Friday, with Fuzzy Logic Ensemble, The Gregory Walkers, Helen McNulty and Re:Ellington

  • 17 Apr, 7pm, Wellington, Baggot St, Dublin
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A Gamelan New Music Weekend takes place and features performances of new music from Gamelan Nua and a quintet of the National Concert Hall Gamelan Orchestra

  • 17 Apr, 8.30pm and 18 Apr, 8.30pm, Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall
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A concert by pianist Noriko Ogawa features a new work with movements written by Alan Mills, Stephen Hough and others

  • 19 Ap, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
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The MATA Festival in New York includes a performance of a new work titled eöl by Ann Cleare performed by Talea Ensemble, and Jonathan Nangle's untitled (after Dan Flavin) installation.

  • 13-18 Apr, 8pm, The Kitchen, New York
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A 400-piece children's choir from Northern Ireland, with Ulster Orchestra and narrator Aoife Duffin, conducted by Fergus Sheil, will perform Bluebottle, a new work by Brian Irvine

  • 15 Apr, 7pm, Ulster Hall, Belfast