New Music Digest: 29 October - 4 November 2012

Events This Week

The OpenRehearsals revisit The Back Loft for a concert of improvised music and theatre with composer David Bremner

  • Tuesday, 30 October, 8:30pm, The Back Loft, Dublin
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Crash Ensemble launch their residency at The Project Arts Centre with Thought, a concert featuring the recent crowd-funded commission by Glenn Branca, as well as pieces by Donnacha Dennehy and Kevin Volans.

  • Thursday, 2 November, 8:00pm, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
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The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra will be premiering a new violin concerto by Frank Corcoran, preceded by a talk with the composer himself.

  • Friday, 2 November, 8:00pm, National Concert Hall, Dublin (talk at 7:00pm)
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Trinity College Dublin’s Music Composition Centre presents a talk by Alex Kidston, founder of the contemporary ensemble vox merus brass quintet

  • Thursday, 1 November, Boydell Recital Room, Trinity College Dublin
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Listen

An interview with Matthew Whiteside, whose short opera Puddle Wonderful will be performed by the Said Ensemble in Aberdeen on 3 November.

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Francis Heery’s Common Time, performed by Alex Petcu.

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