New Music Digest: 27 Apr – 3 May

Cork International Choral Festival 2015 Cork International Choral Festival 2015

Events this Week:

A CMC Salon takes place on Tuesday, featuring Eamonn Cagney (perc), Niwel Tsumbu (gui), Martin Tourish (acc), Roger Doyle (pf) playing some of their own works

  • 28 Apr, 6pm, Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin
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The Cork International Choral Festival begins this week with performances and competitions from Irish and international choirs, as well as the 47th Seminar on New Choral Music

  • 29 Apr – 3 May, Bantry, Cork
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Ties Mellema sax ensemble perform Ian Wilson's The End of Desire in Drogheda and Amsterdam

  • 1 May, 8.30pm, An Droichead, Drogheda
  • 3 May, 8pm, Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NL
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Rachel Kelly and Dearbhla Collins perform Philip Martin's Five W. B. Yeats Songs in Sligo at a Music in Drumcliffe event

  • 2 May, 7.30pm, St. Columba's Church, Drumcliffe, Sligo
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A second Music in Drumcliffe event sees violinist Aoife Ní Bhrían performing a programme which includes Patrick Connolly's Elegy for solo violin

  • 3 May, 3pm, St. Columba's Church, Drumcliffe, Sligo
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Sonic Vigil 9, an event of improvised electronic music and sound art, takes place in Cork, with performances from John Godfrey, Softday, David Bremner, David Stalling and others

  • 2 May, 2pm, St. Anne's Church, Cork
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Listen

Andrew Hamilton's O'Rourke, written for and performed by Michelle O'Rourke

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