Crash Ensemble: Free State V
Interviews with Enda Bates and Gráinne Mulvey, whose music features in the Crash Ensemble's Free State V concert on 5 March 2010.
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David Fennessy talks about his new work for the RTÉ NSO (@rtepgs)
In an interview recorded on 3 February 2010, David Fennessy talks to Jonathan Grimes about his piece Bodies, a new work comissioned by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. The work will be premiered on Friday, 5 February 2010 at 8:00 pm at the National Concert Hall.
CMC New Music Salon - Kevin Hanafin
A short clip from CMC's new music Salon series which took place at the Goethe Institute on Merrion Square with Kevin Hanafin (saxophone) and Redmond O'Toole (Brahms guitar) on 12 November 2009. The extract features a performance of Greg Caffrey's work for solo soprano saxophone, 'Two Little Miniatures', performed by Kevin Hanafin, with an introduction to the work from the composer. For further details on CMC's Salon series, please see www.cmc.ie/news/2009/cmc-salon-series.html.>
New Music Alive - Interview with Peter Moran
Video interview with composer Peter Moran on CMC's New Music Alive project, a series of primary school workshops aimed at encouraging and assisting teachers in bringing contemporary music into their classrooms.
See http://cmc.ie/articles/article1894.html for more information and regular updates from the composer on his experiences leading the project.
Interview with Frank Corcoran
Frank Corcoran talks to Jonathan Grimes about the Association of Irish Composers' concert on 7 November 2009, which features two of his works performed by German pianist Andreas Skouras.
The concert includes the world premiere of his Nine Pratoleva Pearls and a performance of Sweeney's Total Rondo, a work composed for the 2003 AXA Dublin International Piano Competition.
Further information on the concert is available from the AIC's web site.
