New Music Digest: 22 – 28 April
Events this week
The CMC presents Musical Tales, a series of concerts in libraries across Dublin .
- 24 April, 1pm, Central Library Music Library, Dublin 1
- 25 April, 1pm, Rathmines Library, Dublin
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CMC’s April Salon features a programme of works introduced by visual artist Marie Hanlon.
- 25 April, 6pm, Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin
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The five-day Sonorities international contemporary music festival takes place at Queens University Belfast.
- 24 – 28 April, Queens University Belfast
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The Bozzini Quartet present a Composers' Kitchen workshop, including a new work by Seán Clancy.
- 27 April, 8pm, Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal, Canada
Softday present a soundart composition based on the study of bees, with scored parts for the Glenstal Abbey Choir and Irish Chamber Orchestra.
- 27 April, 3pm, Glenstal Abbey, Limerick
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The UCD Gamelan Orchestra, directed by Peter Moran, will perform their first concert at the National Concert Hall.
- 24 April, 7pm, UCD Global Lounge, University College Dublin
A special Sundays@Noon concert celebrates the work of composer Seóirse Bodley, and marks the launch of a new book, A Community of the Imagination: Seóirse Bodley’s Goethe Settings.
- 28 April, 12pm, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
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The final Concorde 2013 Up Close With Music II concert features music by Deirdre McKay, Matthew Whiteside, Eoin Mulvany.
- 28 April, 2.30pm, RHA Gallery, Dublin
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Watch
An excerpt from Colin Mawby's Alleluia, Christus Resurrexit, performed outdoors in Temple Bar, Dublin by the DIT Chamber Choir and conductor David Brophy as part of Handel Day on 13 April 2013.
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CMC Choirland Performance from Contemporary Music Centre on Vimeo.