New Music Digest: 16 - 29 July
Events This Fortnight
Concorde
The final event of Concorde’s Up Close With Music concert series takes place at the Gallery of Photography, Temple Bar, featuring a new work by David Fennessy, Five Hofer Photographs and works by Matthew Whiteside’s and Rhona Clarke.
- 22 July, Gallery of Photography, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar
- More
- Listen to a short interview with David Fennessy about his work, Five Hofer Photographs
The 2012 Galway Arts Festival features the Crash Ensemble performing the premiere of Daniel Figgis’ commissioned-work dimmerswitch.
- Thursday, 19 July, St. Nicholas Church, Galway
- Read an interview with Daniel Figgis about dimmerswitch here
- www.galwayartsfestival.ie
The Hiltown New Music Festival opens this Friday and features performances from Irish and international acts, sonic and visual installations, as well as a listening room for tape works.
- Friday, 20 July - Sunday, 22 July, Castlepollard, Co.Westmeath
- More
- www.hilltown.ie
The July concert of the Irish Composers’ Collective features works for piano trio by ICC member composers.
- Wednesday, 18 July, Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin
- More
Linda Buckley’s Surge is premiered by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra.
- Tuesday, 1.05pm, 24 July, National Concert Hall
- More
Pianist Isabelle O’Connell and violist Lisa Dowdall present a concert of works for the piano and viola, including works by John Kinsella and Jane O’Leary
- Saturday, 28 July, Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall
- More
Watch
Interview with Anna Murray - the first in a series of short interviews with composers who have recently-registered with CMC about their work.
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Listen
Somnus - a new release from Neil O’Connor available for download on Bandcamp
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Peter Moran’s Dublin Miniatures - a set of short pieces written in and representing specific areas of Dublin. Each work is accompanied by a photograph of the area.
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