Album and Concert Reviews
Violist Nathan Sherman has just released his first solo album, 'The Gentle Erasure of Time', featuring works for viola and electronics by Jonathan Nangle, Sam Perkin, Linda Buckley, Karin Rehnqvist, Nicole Lizée and Benjamin Broening. Brendan Finan reviews.
The Music Current contemporary music festival took place in Dublin from 22 to 26 April. Brendan Finan reviews the Saturday evening concerts featuring the French group soundinitiative and pianist Małgorzata Walentynowicz.
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Fergal Scahill (fiddle) and Ryan Molloy (piano and fiddle) have recently released their fourth album together, 'The Gannet’s Dive', a collection of duets including a range of newly composed tunes. Verena Commins reviews.
Composer Anselm McDonnell has recently released 'Politics of the Imagination', an album featuring rappers Barrowclough, Joel the Custodian and Kosyne with musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra and Crash Ensemble. James Camien McGuiggan reviews.
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The New Music Dublin festival ended on Sunday (6 April) with concerts from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Chamber Choir Ireland, Evlana Ensemble, Crash Ensemble, Quiet Music Ensemble, Cór Linn and Cór na nÓg. Brendan Finan reviews.
New Music Dublin last Friday evening featured the world premiere of John Buckley's Clarinet Concerto as well as Ed Bennett’s 'All Earth Once Drowned' featuring Decibel and Cherry Smyth. Adrian Smith reviews.
The 2025 New Music Dublin festival took place last week at the National Concert Hall and various other venues around the city. In the first of our reviews, Brendan Finan writes about the opening concerts on Wednesday and Thursday (2–3 April).
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Composer Gráinne Mulvey has recently released a new collection of her work, 'The Tyndall Effect: A Commemoration of Carlow-Born Scientist John Tyndall' on the Divine Art label. James Camien McGuiggan reviews.
Irish National Opera's production of Wagner's 'The Flying Dutchman' is currently running at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. Adrian Smith reviews the 25 March performance.
Flute player Conal Ó Gráda has just released a new album, 'Anú Abú', on the Raelach Records label. Adrian Scahill reviews.
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