‘I caught this morning morning's minion, king- dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing In his ecstasy!’[From ‘The Wi
A suite of six lively pieces for young recorder players. Titles include ‘Hopscotch’, ‘Sunny Afternoon’ and ‘Winter Bells’. Specially commissioned by the Contemporary Music Centre
This fourth album of test pieces was specially commissioned by RTE Lyric FM for the 2003 AXA Dublin International Piano Competition as part of an ongoing collaboration with the Contemporary Music Centre.The works range from Frank Corcoran’s energetic Sweeney’s Total Rondo to the evocative sound
Continuing an ongoing collaboration, this is the fifth album of test pieces for the AXA Dublin International Piano Competition to be published by the Contemporary Music Centre.Commissioned by RTÉ lyric fm for the 2006 competition, the pieces are by Irish composers Elaine Agnew, Rhona Clarke, J
This is the sixth album of test pieces for the AXA Dublin International Piano Competition to be published by the Contemporary Music Centre. Commissioned by RTÉ lyric fm for the 2009 competition, the pieces are by Irish composers David Byers, Siobhán Cleary, Jennifer Walshe and Bill Whelan.
This is the seventh album of test pieces for the Dublin International Piano Competition published by the Contemporary Music Centre. Commissioned by RTÉ lyric fm for the 2012 competition, the pieces are by Irish composers Eibhlis Farrell, Breffni O’Byrne and Martin O’Leary.
‘Choirland’ is a collection of 15 pieces by Irish composers for unaccompanied mixed choir. The music ranges in difficulty from the simple to perform, to the more challenging.
Loop Walks is a series of eight poems, each one mapping a walk from memory. The score and accompanying CD are produced by hardPressed poetry and Béal Festival, the work having been commissioned for Béal Festival in 2012.
The music on these CDs was composed on a Fairlight Computer Music Instrument between 1983 and 1988. The Fairlight was among the first synthesisers controlled by a computer and Roger Doyle 'made great use out of it' and has 'very fond memories of the Fairlight'. Works include Contents of the Pay-Jar and a suite derived from the music composed for The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belissa in the Garden.
