Show notes

• Michael Gallen
  • CMC composer page
  • michaeljgallen.com
• Straymaker
• Elsewhere at the Abbey Theatre (15–20 November 2021)
• Tom Creed
• Daire Halpin
• Fiona Monbet

Music

Music taken from the concert performance of the opera at St Maeldoid's Church, Castleblayney in November 2019 and during rehearsals in Íontas Theatre, Castleblayney in October 2021.

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Episode 50 of CMC's podcast 'amplify' features a special episode produced for the 2021 City of Derry International Choir Festival. Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson speak to Elaine Agnew and Eoghan Desmond, two of the Irish composers whose work is programmed in this year's festival.

Show notes

City of Derry International Choir Festival

2021 programme

2021 podcast programme

Eoghan Desmond

eoghandesmond.com

CMC composer page

Elaine Agnew

elaineagnew.com

CMC composer page

Remarkable Project

Music

Eoghan Desmond

Oxen of the Sun (UCD Choral Scholars, Desmond Earley)

Thomas Morley - Nolo mortem peccatoris

Bach - Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140 No.1

The Morningstar (Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillier)

This is My Prayer to Thee (Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Ian Keatley)

Mother Goose’s Melodies (Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillier)

Amra Choluim Chille – A Dheascabháil agus a Shaol (Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Ian Keatley)

Elaine Agnew

I am a Miracle (European Union Chamber Orchestra, St Colman’s College Choir, conductor Elaine Agnew)

The God of Rain (RTÉ Cór na nÓg, Mary Amond O’Brien)

Remarkable (Remarkable Voices, Codetta, Ulster Orchestra, Donal Doherty)

Child Within (Cantairí Óga Átha Cliath, Bernie Sherlock)

Turnabout (Belfast Philharmonic Youth Choir and Belfast Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Lynsey Callaghan)

A tribute to composer and Emeritus Professor of Music at Trinity College, Dublin Hormoz Farhat, who died in August of this year, featuring an interview with the composer from 2020 by Linda O'Shea Farren, as well as contributions from composers Amir Tafreshipour and Donnacha Dennehy. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.Show notes

• Hormoz Farhat
  • CMC Composer Page
  • Wikipedia Page
  • Irish Times Obituary
• Amir Tafreshipour
• Donnacha Dennehy

Music

• Piano Sonata No. 2: II (Mary Dullea)
• Piano Sonata No. 1: III (Mary Dullea)
• Piano Sonata No. 1: I (Mary Dullea
• Piano Sonata No. 1: IV (Mary Dullea
• String Quartet No. 1: Mov. 4 (St Petersburg String Quartet)
• Piano Sonata No. 2: III (Mary Dullea)
• Nouveau Rivage (BBC Symphony Orchestra)

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CMC's podcast amplify returns with a special episode from the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. Jonathan Grimes talks to the current composer resident David Coonan, and CCI director Nora Hickey M'Sichili on the annual residency at Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris for CMC represented composers. Evonne Ferguson talks to the 2020 composer resident recipient Finola Merivale.Show notes

• David Coonan
  • Residency annoucement
• Centre Culturel Irlandais
• Finola Merivale
  • CMC Composer Page
  • Residency annoucement
• 2022 composer residency annoucement

MusicDavid Coonan

• Verballing - Irish National Opera
• Vain Prayer - BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre-André Valade
• Requiescat - Choir of the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London, Colm Carey
• Butterfly Songlines - ConTempo Quartet

Nora Hickey M'Sichili - Centre Culturel Irlandais

• Greg Caffrey - Garden Of Earthly Delights (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble)

• Michael Gallen - Barricades (from Elsewhere)

Finola Merivale

• The Language of Mountains is Rain (Adrianne Pope (vn), Min Park (vn), Gabriel Taubman (va), Doublas Machiz (vc))
• des os (Catherine Sikora)
• Do You Hear Me Now? (Desdemona Ensemble)

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In the final episode of the current series, we hear a selection of audio reflections from some composers and musicians on the past year. Roger Doyle, Judith Ring, Isabelle O’Connell, John McLachlan, Frank Corcoran, Anne Marie O’Farrell and Jenn Kirby all provide insights into their creative lives over the past 15 months and look ahead to the future.Show notes

• Roger Doyle
  • rogerdoyle.com/
  • CMC composer page
• Judith Ring
  • judithring.com
  • CMC composer page
• John McLachlan
  • johnmclachlan.org
  • CMC composer page
• Frank Corcoran
  • frankcorcoran.com
  • CMC composer page
• Anne-Marie O’Farrell
  • annemarieofarrell
  • CMC composer page

Music

• Jenn Kirby - Awake
• Roger Doyle - Obstinato
• Roger Doyle - The Sea Would Not Have Us from iGirl
• Judith Ring - Is It Over Yet? (Lina Andonovska)
• Judith Ring - The Wood Between the Worlds (Martin Johnson)
• Judith Ring - Solo set Valentia Island 2018
• Andrew Hamilton - O.A.I.R. (Isabelle O’Connell)
• John McLachlan - Vela X
• John McLachlan - Fanfaron
• John McLachlan - Headland (Evlana)
• Frank Corcoran - Rhapsodic Bowing for 8 Celli (Martin Johnson, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
• Frank Corcoran - Nine Looks at Pierrot (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble)
• Anne-Marie O’Farrell - Eitilt (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
• Jenn Kirby - Awake
• Jenn Kirby - Arlene Solo

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Episode 46 features composer Deirdre Gribbin on her latest commission ‘Dark Matter Hunting’ from the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and her long association with the Bantry-based festival, and artistic director Francis Humphrys on this year’s programme and the challenges of putting on an online festival. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.

CMCIreland · amplify #46 - Deirdre Gribbin & West Cork Chamber Music Festival's Francis Humphrys

Show notes

• West Cork Chamber Music Festival
  • Festival progamme
  • Pacifica Quartet concert featuring Deirdre Gribbin world online premiere
  • Citizens of Everywhere concert featuring Finola Merivale ‘The silent sweep as you stand still’
• Deirdre Gribbin
  • deirdregribbin.com/
  • CMC composer page

Music

Visit West Cork Chamber Music’s archive for a comprehensive collection of past performances from the festival

• Deirdre Gribbin - How to Make the Water Sound (Fidelio Trio)
• Deirdre Gribbin - Amazing Face (Vanbrugh Quartet)
• Deirdre Gribbin - Devil’s Dwealing Place (Nurit Stark)
• Deirdre Gribbin - Kindersang (Caroline Melzer, Nurit Stark)
• Deirdre Gribbin - Dark Matter Hunting (Pacifica Quartet)
• Finola Merivale - The silent sweep as you stand still (Mairéad Hickey, Ella van Poucke)
• John Kinsella - Prelude and Toccata (Vanbrugh Quartet)
• Emma O’Halloran - Dying is a Wild Night (Quatuor Zaïde)
• Seán Doherty - String Quartet No.3 ‘The Devil’s Dream’ (Vanbrugh Quartet)

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Continuing with a new occasional series which takes a look back at works by Irish composers in the recent past, senior lecturer at TU Dublin Mark Fitzgerald talks to CMC’s Jonathan Grimes about Gerald Barry’s 1991–2 opera, ‘Triumph of Beauty and Deceit’.Show notesMark FitzgeraldGerald BarryCMC composer pageSchott Music pageTriumph of Beauty and DeceitCMC Catalogue pageSchott Music pageMusicGerald Barry - Triumph of Beauty and Deceit (Nicholas Clapton (Ct-solo), Denis Lakey (Ct-solo), Richard Edgar-Wilson (T-solo), Adrian Clarke (Bar-solo), Stephen Richardson (B-solo), Composers Ensemble, conductor Diego Masson)

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This week's podcast features a new occasional series, where with the help of expert guests, we take a look back at works by Irish composers in the recent past. For the first episode in the series, composer, guitarist and Professor of Music at Middlesex University, London Benjamin Dwyer takes a look at concerto works by Raymond Deane, Jane O'Leary, and Kevin Volans.

Show notes

• Benjamin Dwyer
  • CMC Composer Page
  • benjamindwyer.com/
  • amplify 18
• Raymond Deane
  • CMC Composer Page
  • raymonddeane.com/
• Kevin Volans
  • CMC Composer Page
  • Publisher page

Music

• Benjamin Dwyer - Guitar Concerto No. 1 for Guitar and Strings (Benjamin Dwyer, Irish Chamber Orchestra)
• Benjamin Dwyer - Concerto No. 2 for Guitar and Orchestra (Fabio Zanon, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor William Eddins.)
• Raymond Deane - Concerto for Oboe and Large Orchestra (Matthew Manning, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce)
  • CMC Library Record
• Kevin Volans - Concerto for Uilleann Pipes and Orchestra (Gol Na mBan San Ár) (David Power, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Brophy)
• Jane O'Leary - string alive (Jane O'Leary,RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Houlihan)

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The final episode in a short series covering this year's New Music Dublin festival, which took place online from 23–26 April. In this episode, Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes speak to composer Rhona Clarke, Kirkos members Sebastian Adams, Robert Coleman, and Susan Geaney, and New Music Dublin festival director John Harris.Show notes

• New Music Dublin
• Rhona Clarke
  • CMC composer page
• Kirkos Ensemble
• Sebastian Adams
  • CMC composer page
• Susan Geaney
• Robert Coleman

Music

• Rhona Clarke - A Bit of Nonsense (Chamber Choir Ireland, conductor Andrew Synnott)
• Kirkos - For Private Use
• Robert Coleman - 100 Metres (Crash Ensemble)
• Ellen King - Images and Sensations (Crash Ensemble, conductor Ryan McAdams)

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The third in a series of episodes covering this year's New Music Dublin festival, which took place online from 23–26 April. CMC's Jonathan Grimes speaks to Crash Ensemble Artistic Director and cellist, Kate Ellis, and composer and guitarist with Crash Ensemble, Barry O'Halpin, about his work ‘Wingform' which was premiered by the group during the festival.Show notes

• New Music Dublin
• Kate Ellis
• Crash Ensemble
• reactions
• Free State 13
• Barry O'Halpin

Music

All works performed by Crash Ensemble

• Rachael Lavelle - This Is The Space Between Your Hand and Mine
• Gemma Doherty - Middle Distance
• Seán Ó Dálaigh - Proximity Studies
• Darragh Kelly - Deep Model Worker
• Amy Rooney - Pendulums and Sundials
• Barry O'Halpin - Wingform

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