CMC Library Week: Brian Boydell centenary year

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Explore the contribution composer Brian Boydell made to Irish society throughout his career.

2017 marked the 100 year anniversary of composer Brian Boydell’s birth. One of Ireland’s major 20th century composers, Brian Boydell was a prolific composer and was also active as a musicologist, broadcaster, performer, adjudicator, and public lecturer throughout his career. This centenary was marked with a celebratory conference in Trinity College Dublin to evaluate Boydell’s contribution to Irish music, academic and artistic societies.

Boydell in his own words

Brian Boydell was a leading figure in Irish music life, and gave many interviews and talks throughout his career. Listen to the composer in his own words in a number of extracted programmes here. These are made available with permission from RTÉ Archives, and CMC is very grateful for RTÉ's support.

Boydell's influence on other composers

Composer Martin O'Leary writes here about the impact Brian Boydell had on him as a composer, and about some of his favourite Boydell compositions.

Boydell Concert Programmes