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Just So Bach

Just So Bach, harpist Anne-Marie O’Farrell’s sixth and latest album, marks a significant advance in the repertoire for the Irish Harp. Devoted primarily to works by Bach, all of which have been hitherto considered beyond the scope of the instrument, it has been possible to perform them because of recent advances in the design of the Irish harp. The guest musicians on this recording are cellist Aisling Drury Byrne and Viennese flautist Karin Leitner. The album also features two sets of chorale variations, original compositions by Anne-Marie O’Farrell, which are structurally in Bach’s musical and theological lineage.

€ 19.31
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Tundra

Ian Wilson

Tundra was based on an idea by Anne Gilpin. It is inspired by William Wordsworth’s poem “Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey” and Laura Gilpin’s photograph “The Prairie”. The music was composed by Ian Wilson and features Mark O’Keeffe on trumpet with sound realised in collaboration with Jürgen Simpson.

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Rush

The title track Rush, for violin and live electronics, is a groundbreaking piece featuring the Wired Ensemble and violinist Darragh Morgan. It was premiered in 2004 at the Sonorities Festival and was subsequently shortlisted for a British Composer Award. Among the several other tracks scored for violin and electronics is Lyons’ most recent work Ballintrillick which is a series of sonic responses to poems by Tom Morgan, whose titles and content refer to an area in Sligo where he spends much of his time.

€ 19.31
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A Pale Yellow Sky

Leading Irish harpist Cliona Doris performs works for concert harp by a number of the country's foremost composers, including Deirdre McKay, John Buckley, Philip Hammond and Michael Alcorn. Taking the title track from Deirdre McKay's work, the disc demonstrates a wide array of musical styles and approaches to the instrument, tackled with artistry and beguiling technical skill by the performer.

€ 19.31
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Operating Theatre - The Early Years

This double CD, released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of music-theatre company Operating Theatre, features music by composer Roger Doyle. The company was founded by Roger Doyle and performer Olwen Fouéré and the music on the CD celebrates the first phase of Operating Theatre, from 1981 to 1988, during which the company operated as both a theatre company, integrating music as an equal partner in the theatrical environment, and as a band releasing records.

€ 19.31
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Twelve Études for Guitar

Benjamin Dwyer

Begun in 1996, completed in 2003 and revised in 2006, this disc of composer Benjamin Dwyer's twelve guitar études marks the culmination of twelve years of exploration and experiment by the composer. Arranged into four books each dedicated to a different person, the études are performed by the composer.

€ 19.31
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Seóirse Bodley - A small white cloud drifts over Ireland

This recording is the latest in a sequence of recordings of music by Irish composers to be released under a five-year audio publishing agreement between RTÉ and the Arts Council. Performed here by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, these significant orchestral works span three decades of Bodley’s career.

€ 19.31
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Bed of MacBeth - a tragedy for music cinema in five scenes

George Higgs

A DVD of an adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy using music, voices, shadow play, paper animation, film and still photography by George Higgs.

€ 12.71
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Hunshigo

‘Hunshigo’ is the title track from Simon Mawhinney’s newest release of world premiere recordings, featuring Darragh Morgan on violin and Mary Dullea on piano. Also on the CD are ‘Batu’ for piano and ‘Barcode III’ for violin. Michael Finnissy notes in his introduction to this CD that Simon Mawhinney's music is characterised by "a balance of mysterious other-worldly stillness and lavish ebullience of texture".

€ 19.31
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Cool Steel Army

‘Cool Steel Army’ is the title track of Roger Doyle's latest CD release. The disc features recordings of three new works by Doyle and includes ‘Adolf Gebler, Clarinettist’, the first in a series of planned 'cinema for the ear' projects. Scored for live orchestra, piano and female singer, with pre-recorded dialogue and sound effects, the work gives the listener the impression they are present at the screening of a film.

€ 19.31

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