Continued from JMI Mar-Apr 2006

NEW WORKS RECEIVED, FEB–MAR 2006
Ball, Derek, Three Piano Duets [1971 rev. 1986], pf [4 hands]; At the Close [1982], pf [4 hands]; A Pint of Plain [1984], pf [4 hands]; Hockett [1995], pf [8 hands]; Full moon through half-open door [2006], vn sdm; Carte de visite [2006], vc; Death-masque [2006], vc; Au temps de Carolan [2006], vc; Interpolations [2006], vc; Obwien [2006], pf; …but pain [2006], cl va vc; …but pain [2006], fl cl vc; Fís an Mhangaire [2006], pf; Menological Music [2006], vn vc.
Carroll, Fergal, Blackwater [2005], picc 2 fl 4 cl bcl 2 asax tsax barsax bn 4 hn 3 tpt 2 trb btrb euph 2 bass timp 4 perc, Maecenas Music.
Clarke, Rhona, Do not stand by my grave and weep [2006], satb.
Corcoran, Frank, Four Orchestral Prayers [2006], Mez-solo, 1121 2220 timp 2 perc hrp str; The Light Gleams [2006], S-solo, bcl vn vc.
Farrell, Ciaran, Lament [1995], tin whistle, low whistle, fl hrp bodh vn va vc; Hopkins on Skellig Michael [2004 rev. 2005], 2222 3330 3 perc timp hrp cel+pf str [4.3.2.2.1]; Like Water [n.d.], 2220 2000 2 hrp timp perc str.
Higgs, George, The Shelfless Sonata [2005], pf; The Famine Dance [2006], str; Symphony of Invisible Sound [2006], picc 2 fl 2 ob ca 2 bn dbn 3 cl bcl cbcl ssax 2 asax tsax barsax 4 hn 3 tpt 2 cnt 2 trb btrb tuba perc [agogo bells, brake drum, ratchet, snare drum, bdm]; The Butterpottamus Loved the Hippofly [2006], fl cl vn vc pf; The Dragonfly Dreams it’s a Moose [2006], 24 sax [2 sopranino 4 ssax 6 asax 6 tsax 4 barsax 2 bsax].
Mawby, Colin, Shapes and Signs [n.d.], satb pf.
McGlynn, Michael, Toraíocht [2006], vn-solo, 1111  2110  str, Warner Chappell Music / Michael McGlynn.
Nelson, Havelock, Two Folk Song Contrasts [1995], satb pf.
Ó Duinn, Proinsías, The Two Old Bachelors [n.d.], satb pf.
Parker, C.S.L., Piano Piece No.1 [1976], pf; Piano Suite No.3 [1977], pf; Tango Piacerole [2003], pf; The Air Ship Waltz [2005], sa [children’s], pf; Nom de Plume: Tempo Amoroso [2006], pf; Nom de Plume: Tempo Amoroso [2006], 2222 ssax 2 tsax 4331 timp 2 perc gui ebgui hrp pf str; Jazz Trumpet Concerto [2006], tpt-solo, 2222 ssax 2 tsax 4331 timp 2 perc gui ebgui hrp pf str; Smoke and Silk [2006], T-solo, pf; Two Movie Songs for Hannah Burke [2006], Mez-solo, 2222 ssax 2 tsax 4331 timp 2 perc gui ebgui hrp pf str.
Power, Karen, as happy as owlies in their hammock [2004], 2 S-solo, Mez-solo, T-solo, Bar-solo, fl afl bcl ssax barsax hn tpt 2 trb tuba 2 perc pf egui ebgui; that night of the geckos [2004], fl+afl 4 perc; freight trains and manuscript paper [2005], perc tape; we’re not there yet [2005], afl bcl vn vc; Old Fashioned Chocolate Fondue Fountain [2006], vn pf.
Victory, Gerald, Mo bheannacht leat, a scríbhinn [1993], satb pf.
Volans, Kevin, String Quartet No.10 [2005], 2 vn va vc, Black Sheep Edition.

CDS, FEBRUARY–MARCH 2006
Doyle, Roger, Baby Grand, BV Haast, 341CD
Dublin Guitar Quartet, Deleted Pieces, Greyslate Records, 342CD

BOOKS & ARTICLES, FEBRUARY–MARCH 2006
Grimes, Jonathan, ‘Interview with Judith Ring’, CMC website (cmc.ie); ‘Interview with Rachel Holstead’, CMC website (cmc.ie);
Johnston, Roy, ‘Six Ulster Composers’, 2005, Arts Council of Northern Ireland website (artscouncil-ni.org)
Tumelty, Niamh, ‘The Programming of New Music’, CMC website (cmc.ie).

Listings provided by the Contemporary Music Centre.  All materials are available to browse or listen to in the centre’s library at 19 Fishamble St, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 (for details see www.cmc.ie or phone 01-6731922).