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Irish Times review: Concorde – Up Close with Music

Posted on 2011.11.25 by Dónal

  Michael Dervan’s review of Concorde’s recent gig featuring my composition Begin was published in the Irish Times on last week. It opened with the premiere of Begin, a setting for soprano, flute, clarinet and cello by Donal Rafferty of … Continue reading →

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Aldeburgh Festival 2009 (2/2)

Posted on 2009.07.16 by Dónal

A major premiére at the Aldeburgh festival this year was Birtwistle’s Semper Downland: A Theatre of Melancholy and The Corridor (scena for soprano, tenor and 7 instrumentalists).  I found the first half of this work (Semper Dowland) to be pretty … Continue reading →

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Aldeburgh Festival 2009 (1/1)

Posted on 2009.06.29 by Dónal

Well, I’ve finally found a minute to write about my time at the first week of the Aldeburgh Festival – and what a time it was! The best thing was by far the concert line-up. It was like all of … Continue reading →

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