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Celtic Connections

Music of 'passionate energy, rich sonorities and peaceful contemplation' from the leading Irish contemporary ensemble, Concorde. A Celtic connection links composers Jane O'Leary (from New England and living in Ireland), Hilary Tann (from South Wales, living in New York State) and Nicola LeFanu (from an Irish family and living in England).

€19.31 
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Reservoir

€18.45 
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Between

Clarinettist Paul Roe features on this CD from the Diatribe Solo Series, performing a selection of music including works by Stephen Gardner, Deirdre McKay, Jane O’Leary and Ed Bennett. He is joined by Dermot Dunne, Elaine Clark, David James and Harry Sparnaay.

€18.45 
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Islands : Contemporary Irish Solo and Ensemble Works for Guitar

Islands, the title of this recording, is taken from Seóirse Bodley's work for guitar. However, it also reflects that the CD comprises a set of disparate and varied works, recorded at different times and in different venues on a variety of instruments. The collection encompasses a wide variety of compositional styles and approaches to writing for the guitar and offers a good overview of the contribution to this genre by Irish composers. The seven works presented are all world premiere recordings.

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Reflections

Reflections is the latest offering from Irish-based contemporary music ensemble, Concorde. This enhanced content CD features works by Irish composers, Stephen Gardner, Jane O’Leary and Judith Ring alongside works by Korean, Si-Hyun Yi and Mexican, Alejandro Castanos. All works were commissioned by Concorde and represent a range of colourful styles and influences.

€19.31 
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Dreams & Prayers

This recording features Paul Roe on clarinet and bass clarinet with the ConTempo Quartet, performing the music of Jane O’Leary, Nick Roth and Osvaldo Golijov. It is produced by The Galway Music Residency, Paul Roe and Music for Galway.

€12.00 
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new music::new Ireland two

The second CD in CMC's new promotional series presents 11 works by a range of Irish composers performed by a diverse range of international and Irish performers. It presents a snapshot of the aesthetic choices taken by those bravely exploring the diverse paths of Irish composition, with all its history and possibilities.

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The Passing Sound of Forever

Sound and space are two elements that emerge at the heart of Jane O’Leary’s THE PASSING SOUND OF FOREVER. The collection showcases O’Leary’s compositional gifts through a variety of her chamber compositions. O’Leary’s string writing soars in THE PASSING SOUND OF FOREVER, and demonstrates her remarkable sensitivity to the instruments’ sonic palette and expressive potential. Every color, from ethereal natural harmonics to frenetic bowing, is at O’Leary’s disposal, and is exploited beautifully to produce evocative and compelling soundscapes.

O’Leary is imaginative and creative in her string writing, resonating the instruments’ strings in a wide variety of ways. Harmonics and arpeggiations create vast open spaces. In the case of A Winter Sketchbook, violin sounds are integrated with those of the alto flute, matching colors and creating new blends of sound. A Winter Sketchbook resonates profoundly as it casts the indelible image of deep winter.

THE PASSING SOUND OF FOREVER’s title track is composed for string quartet, which makes it a shining and exemplary representation of O’Leary’s expressive string writing. The Passing Sound of Forever, originating from a motif found in a Beethoven quartet, plays with fragmentary gestures which emerge and disappear, echo and reflect. The work is filled with a deep yearning, which is communicated by the accumulated gestures and sounds of the quartet’s four string instruments. The Passing Sound of Forever epitomizes O’Leary’s unique ability to evoke vivid emotions from the simplest aspects of string instruments’ sound.

Not every work on THE PASSING SOUND OF FOREVER features strings, but all seem to engage with the same themes of space and sound. O’Leary’s clarinet and piano duo Murmurs and Echoes, for example, creates the sense that its two instruments are communicating across great time and distance, most notably so in its last movement. When their respective gestures mirror one another’s, they do so with the distortion of an echo crossing a vast space. In this way, Murmurs and Echoes reminds of A Winter Sketchbook, as both works use modest forces to generate a surprisingly resonant musical space.

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