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CMCIreland
by CMCIreland
The Contemporary Music Centre is Ireland's national archive and resource centre for new music, supporting the work of composers throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland.The Centre is used, nationally and internationally, by performers, composers, promoters and members of the public interested in finding out more about music in Ireland. Its library and sound archive, open to the public free of charge, contain the only comprehensive collection in existence of music by Irish composers. Extensive reference and advice services are available and the Centre's web site provides access to CMC's resources for those who cannot visit in person.The Contemporary Music Centre engages in an ongoing programme of development work to promote new Irish music at home and abroad, and is a member of the International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC).
Episodes
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CMC Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy and Action Plan - Summary
This is an audio recording of CMC's Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy and Action Plan -Summary. CMC's full policy statement and this summary were published online as pdf documents at the CMC website in July 2025. For more information visit cmc.ie/governance. Produced, presented and recorded...
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Rhona Clarke - O Vis Aeternitatis
Extract from Rhona Clarke - O Vis Aeternitatis. Performed by State Choir LATVIJA, conducted by Maris Sirmais. Commissioned by Music for Galway for their 'Abendmusik' series with funds from Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture.
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Figure 2: Seóirse Bodley, "A Quiet Evening", Bars 4-6
Rose Cameron, Voice Samuel Shortall, Piano Seóirse Bodley, "A Quiet Evening" This audio extract will be featured in an upcoming article written by Maynooth University MMus students during their semester's placement at CMC.
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Figure 1: Seóirse Bodley, "A Quiet Evening", Bars 18-23
Rose Cameron, Voice Samuel Shortall, Piano Seóirse Bodley, "A Quiet Evening" This audio extract will be featured in an upcoming article written by Maynooth University MMus students during their semester's placement at CMC.
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'Passing Ghosts' - Extract from 'Orpheus Down' by Ian Wilson
Extract used with permission from the 2021 release of 'Orpheus Down', featured in the CMC Through the Digital Door post for Samhain 2024: www.cmc.ie/features/through-di…l-door-samhain-2024
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Ceo Tiubh i Samhain extract - Finola Merivale
This extract is taken from a recording made by the Golden Thread Gamelan Ensemble at the work’s premiere on November 8th, 2011 at the Clothworkers' Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds. This work was featured in the CMC Through the Digital Door post for Samhain 2024:...
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Irene Buckley - For Maurice (Extract)
Performed by Michael McHale on June 16th, 2012, in the Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin.
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David Coonan - Flaneur (Extract)
Performed by RAM Manson Ensemble, conducted by Benedikt Hayoz, at the David Josefowitz Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, England in April 2011.
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Ian Wilson - Sonnenwende
Recorded in St. Peters Church of Ireland, Drogheda, Co. Louth, in 2012.
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Eilbhlis Farrell - O Star Illuminated by the Sun
Recorded September 18th, 2005, in the John Field Room at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.
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Ciaran Hope - Solstice
Brona Cahill (violin), Feilimidh Nunan (violin), Beth McNinch (viola), Grainne Hope (cello), Rebecca Halliday (clarinet), Ian Forbes (bassoon), Anne Macken (flute), Tristan Russcher (piano), conducted by Fergus Sheil recorded on 21 June 2010 at the Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland.
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Rachel Holstead - Dissolving into light [Excerpt]
Performed by Robert Plane, clarinet , Philip Dukes, viola, and Sophia Rahman, piano, in their 2003 premiere at the Harty Room, Queen's University, Belfast.
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Gareth Williams - Black Marks on White Paper [Excerpt]
Premiered in March 2007 in the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, this extract features soloist Emma Peebles on viola.
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Marian Ingoldsby - Two Pieces for Clarinet and Piano [Excerpt]
Composed in 1984, it premiered in the Aula Maxima, University College Cork. This extract is performed by Patricia O’Keeffe, clarinet, and Marion Ingoldsby, piano.
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We Only Want The Earth - Audio Preview
A new two part documentary series for RTÉ lyric FM presented by Jonathan Grimes of the Contemporary Music Centre, explores how Irish composers are responding to the climate and biodiversity crisis through their work. Episodes air at 6pm on 17 March and 24 March 2024 broadcast on the Lyric…
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Deirdre McKay - Ice Etchings [Excerpt]
Performed by Crash Ensemble on October 26th, 2002, at the Helix Theatre in Dublin City University, commissioned by the RTÉ Living Music Festival.
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Elaine Agnew - Fire [Excerpt]
Commissioned by Breaking Ground, this work was a centre-piece for the Ballymun Regeneration ‘per cent for art’ programme in 2003. The text was written and sung by the choir of St. Joseph’s Primary School, under the guidance of Kate Newmann. Alongside the wind bands of Ballymun Comprehensive and…
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John McLachlan - Here Be Dragons [Excerpt]
Performed here by David Adams, it premiered on September 2nd, 2001, in St. Michael’s Church, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.
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Kevin O'Connell - O To Be A Dragon [Excerpt]
Composed between 1998 and 1999, this work was premiered by Conor Biggs (baritone) and David Adams (piano) in November, 2000, as part of the ‘Mostly Modern Series’ at the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, College Green, Dublin.
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Excerpt from Seóirse Bodley's 'The Rain Stick'
An excerpt from Seóirse Bodley's 'The Rain Stick' from his song cycle 'The Hiding Places of Love' (2011). Performed by Sylvia O'Brien and Seóirse Bodley at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, May 2011.
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Excerpt from Ryan Molloy's 'Clearances'
An excerpt from Ryan Molloy's 'Clearances' performed by Elizabeth Hilliard and David Bremner at Trinity College Dublin in February 2015.
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Excerpt from Frank Corcoran's 'Buile Suibhne'
An extract from Frank Corcoran's 'Buile Suibhne' from his 'Mad Sweeney' album. The piece is performed by Das Neue Werk NDR Ensemble, Frank Corcoran (speaker), and conducted by Dieter Cichewiecz.
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amplify #73 - Timothy Cape, Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble, and Ryan Molloy
CMC's podcast on new Irish music returns featuring conversations with composer Timothy Cape about his work and recent premiere at the Venice Biennale, flautist Aisling Agnew and Chilean journalist and composer Alvaro Gallegos on Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble's recent concert in Chile, and composer…
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1 - Glen Nefin
First published in 1913, 'Songs from Connacht' contains 9 original art songs by Herbert Hughes, the composer best known for his arrangements of Irish folk songs. With the exception of 'O Men from the Fields', these songs are comparatively unknown and have been out of print until this new edition...
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2 - A Day's End
First published in 1913, 'Songs from Connacht' contains 9 original art songs by Herbert Hughes, the composer best known for his arrangements of Irish folk songs. With the exception of 'O Men from the Fields', these songs are comparatively unknown and have been out of print until this new edition...
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3 - The Terrible Robber Men
First published in 1913, 'Songs from Connacht' contains 9 original art songs by Herbert Hughes, the composer best known for his arrangements of Irish folk songs. With the exception of 'O Men from the Fields', these songs are comparatively unknown and have been out of print until this new edition...
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4 - The Good Men Of Eirinn
First published in 1913, 'Songs from Connacht' contains 9 original art songs by Herbert Hughes, the composer best known for his arrangements of Irish folk songs. With the exception of 'O Men from the Fields', these songs are comparatively unknown and have been out of print until this new edition...
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5 - The Moon Cradle
First published in 1913, 'Songs from Connacht' contains 9 original art songs by Herbert Hughes, the composer best known for his arrangements of Irish folk songs. With the exception of 'O Men from the Fields', these songs are comparatively unknown and have been out of print until this new edition...
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6 - The City Clocks
First published in 1913, 'Songs from Connacht' contains 9 original art songs by Herbert Hughes, the composer best known for his arrangements of Irish folk songs. With the exception of 'O Men from the Fields', these songs are comparatively unknown and have been out of print until this new edition...
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7 - I Heard In The Night The Pigeons
First published in 1913, 'Songs from Connacht' contains 9 original art songs by Herbert Hughes, the composer best known for his arrangements of Irish folk songs. With the exception of 'O Men from the Fields', these songs are comparatively unknown and have been out of print until this new edition...
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8 - O Men From The Fields
First published in 1913, 'Songs from Connacht' contains 9 original art songs by Herbert Hughes, the composer best known for his arrangements of Irish folk songs. With the exception of 'O Men from the Fields', these songs are comparatively unknown and have been out of print until this new edition...
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9 - A Rann Of Exile
First published in 1913, 'Songs from Connacht' contains 9 original art songs by Herbert Hughes, the composer best known for his arrangements of Irish folk songs. With the exception of 'O Men from the Fields', these songs are comparatively unknown and have been out of print until this new edition...
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amplify #72 - 'Future Music?', a discussion from Music Current 2022
amplify #72 - 'Future Music?', a discussion from Music Current 2022 by CMCIreland
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amplify #71 - David Bremner's new opera, 'Slow Recognition'
Conversations with some of the people involved in Beál's production of 'Slow Recognition', a new chamber opera by David Bremner, director Hélène Montague and designer John Comiskey which premieres this month at Unit 44 in Stoneybatter, Dublin. Presented by Jonathan Grimes, the episode features...
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amplify #70 - Ulysses Journey 2022 in Budapest and Paris
A special episode recorded last month in Budapest and Paris featuring conversations with some of the artists and people behind CMC's Ulysses Journey 2022 project. The episode includes contributions from Katalin Koltai, Benjamin Dwyer, Elizabeth Hilliard, Greg Caffrey, Nora Hickey M'Sichili…
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amplify #69 - New Music Dublin 2022: Amanda Feery and Sam Perkin
The final instalment from this year's New Music Dublin 2022 festival features conversations with Amanda Feery about Creative Lab, a composition programme for young people from traditionally underrepresented groups, and Sam Perkin on his new work for Crash Ensemble and Diamanda La Berge Dramm,...
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amplify #68 - New Music Dublin 2022: Choral Sketches, Crash Works and Ergodos Records
A selection of conversations recorded during this year's New Music Dublin festival. The episode features interviews with the participating composers in CMC and Chamber Choir Ireland's Choral Sketches project, the Crash Ensemble's Crashworks event, and interviews with New Music Dublin festival...
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amplify #67 - amplify live at New Music Dublin - Music for 5 Silent Poems
The second of two live recordings for New Music Dublin 2022 features a discussion with George Higgs and live performance of his multisensory piece 'Music for 5 Silent Poems', a work commissioned by New Music Dublin for live and online performance via Instagram. Further information and show notes:...
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amplify #66 - amplify live at New Music Dublin - Joyce and new music
Further information and show notes: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-66
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amplify #65 - John Kinsella (1932-1921)
Episode 65 pays tribute to composer John Kinsella, who passed away last November at the age of 89. The episode features an in depth contribution from Séamas de Barra, author of a forthcoming book on Kinsella's music, as well as contributions from Séamus Crimmins, Gerry Keenan and Katherine Hunka...
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amplify #64 - Rhona Clarke on her new choral album 'Sempiternam'
A conversation with composer Rhona Clarke about her new album 'Sempiternam'. The album features a selection of the composer's choral works composed over a 30-year period performed by State Choir Latvija. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson. Further information and show notes:...
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amplify #63 - pianist Aileen Cahill introduces a playlist marking International Women's Day
Pianist and current CMC Scholar-in-Residence Aileen Cahill shares three recordings from Anna Murray, Gráinne Mulvey and Linda Buckley from a recent playlist, entitled 'Mná in Music', which she curated for International Women's Day. Further information and show notes: cmc.ie/amplify/episode-63
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amplify #62 - Barbara Dignam on Roger Doyle's 'Babel'
amplify #62 - Barbara Dignam on Roger Doyle's 'Babel' by CMCIreland
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amplify #61 - Ailís Ní Ríain and Yonit Kosovske
Episode 61 features conversations with composer Ailís Ní Ríain and pianist Yonit Kosovske about 'Watershed', a song cycle composed by Ailís Ní Ríain for Yonit Kosovske and contralto Julie Comparini. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson. Further information and show notes:...
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amplify #60 - Raymond Deane on his recent work for piano quartet 'Vayu Vata'
Episode 60 of CMC's fortnightly podcast features an interview with composer Raymond Deane about his recent work for piano quartet 'Vayu Vata'. Premiered by the Danish-based Rudersdal Chamber Players in January, the episode also includes a contribution from the group's violinist Christine Pryn…
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amplify #59 - Ulysses Journey 2022
CMC's podcast returns for 2022 with an episode on CMC and Centre Culturel Irlandais' Ulysses Journey 2022 programme of new music and film screenings marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses by James Joyce. Featuring contributions from CMC's Linda O'Shea Farren, composers…
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Amplify #58 - Greg Caffrey
The final episode in amplify's mini series featuring highlights and reflections on 2021. Composer and artistic director of Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble Greg Caffrey talks to CMC's Jonathan Grimes about the group's debut album, 'A Terrible Beauty'. Further details and show notes:...
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amplify #57 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Mary Dullea
To mark the end of 2021, CMC's amplify podcast invited some guests to reflect on their year. For this episode, pianist and Fidelio Trio member Mary Dullea shares some of her musical highlights of 2021. Further details and show note: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-57
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amplify #56 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Toner Quinn, Journal of Music
The third in a short mini series of episodes marking the end of 2021. Journal of Music editor Toner Quinn selects recordings from Gerald Barry, Jane Deasy, Dave Flynn and Anne-Marie O'Farrell as his recorded highlights of the year.
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amplify #55 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Elizabeth Hilliard
The second in a short mini series of episodes marking the end of 2021. Soprano Elizabeth Hilliard talks about some of her musical highlights of the year including the launch of the album of Gráinne Mulvey's piece for voice and electronics 'Great Women'. Further details and show notes:...
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The Contemporary Music Centre is Ireland's national archive and resource centre for new music, supporting the work of composers throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland.The Centre is used, nationally and internationally, by performers, composers, promoters and members of the public interested in finding out more about music in Ireland. Its library and sound archive, open to the public free of charge, contain the only comprehensive collection in existence of music by Irish composers. Extensive reference and advice services are available and the Centre's web site provides access to CMC's resources for those who cannot visit in person.The Contemporary Music Centre engages in an ongoing programme of development work to promote new Irish music at home and abroad, and is a member of the International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC).
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