Uri Caine to perform in St.Peter’s Church of Ireland, Drogheda Friday 5 March 2010.
“Uri Caine is a king among princes, a consummate musician who sounds great whether playing Bach, accompanying Don Byron on Puccini’s Nessun Dorma, wrangling an ambitious avant-jazz ensemble around the music of Mahler . . . . . He is prolific, hugely [...]
Classical album review: Tavener / Pärt / Górecki
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Classical-album-review-Tavener-.6009227.jp
By ALEXANDER BRYCE
TAVENER, PÄRT, GÓRECKI…
A Place Between
LCMS901, £11.99
Contemporary music recordings don’t tend to feature in top ten lists, partly because lack of air-time on radio is matched by audience lack of familiarity. While some composers, such as John Tavener, Henryck Górecki and Arvo Pärt, [...]
Louth Contemporary Music Society’s cd A Place Between is listed on the New Sounds Listener Poll 2009 from WNYC, New York Public Radio.
The rules are simple: choose 5 (five) entries, released in 2009. The poll closes at 12PM E.S.T. on 1/7/10.
To have your vote count, choose at least one release, but no more than five. One vote [...]
Louth Contemporary Music Society feature as one of the Irish Times’ critic highlights for 2009
CLASSICAL
MICHAEL DERVAN
HIGHS
Jane O’Leary’s Concorde and Donnacha Dennehy’s Crash Ensemble have had the new music scene to themselves for far too long. Well, that’s what a younger generation seems to think, with a hive of mostly composer-driven new music activity from Ensemble ICC, [...]
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