"Robert Ashley’s Crash at the Lovely Music festival: Riveting in a way that leaves you wanting to dive in again"
Performance by the astonishingly virtuosic Varispeed Collective is a kind of sensory overload
Michael Dervan – The irish Times
“The programming of Louth Contemporary Music Society is incredibly diverse but is frequently drawn to music which, regardless of other characteristics, is introspective and ritualistic. This may never have been more true, with only two of this year’s concerts (Escalay and ‘The Bar’) even rising above a mezzo piano.”
– Brendan Finan.
THE JOURNAL OF MUSIC
“The afternoon concert featuring Hamza El Din’s Escalay presented an extraordinary combination of Eastern meeting Irish traditional sounds, following on from an Irish traditional version of In C last year. A complete one-off, you only get this kind of thing in Dundalk, only at the LMCS.”
THE OPERA JOURNAL
“The LCMS, the Louth Contemporary Music Society, have been hugely imaginative in their programming over their 18 year history, finding accessible yet challenging and innovative ways to bring new music to a wider audience. This was an utterly fascinating performance of the work of a truly unique and inimitable composer.”
THE OPERA JOURNAL
