Using six-string, eight-string and eleven-string guitars, the Dublin Guitar Quartet performs a selection of contemporary works including an arrangement of Kevin Volans’ string quartet, ‘White Man Sleeps’.

Harp duo Cormac de Barra and Anne-Maire O’Farrell have been playing together for over a decade. As composer performers, ‘Double Strung’ reflects a marriage of Ireland’s oral musical heritage and the classical tradition.

Working as Softday, the multimedia collaboration of Taylor and Fernström took data from the ESB Fisheries Management Project on the river Shannon and converted it into digital information simulating the behaviour of salmon. The Irish Chamber Orchestra, among others, were involved in the recording.

Composer and pianist Tom Cullivan’s preference is for melody and the concept of music as spontaneous expression. This selection of his compositions and arrangements is an attractive fusion of traditional and classical with a distinctly Irish flavour.