‘I would now identify as Irish rather than British. It was a very proud day when my Irish passport showed up’
Composer Stephen McNeff was born in Belfast, then grew up in south Wales. His Irishness has become increasingly important to his identity
Chamber Choir Ireland
Folks’ Music: Terry Riley would love this trad take on In C every bit as much as the audience did
Louth Contemporary Music Society’s engaging weekend festival also featured the Esposito Quartet, Sigma Project and Explore Ensemble
Chamber Choir Ireland: Amhráin na Naomh – An unusually strained performance by an accomplished ensemble
The big piece of the evening, Eoghan Desmond’s Amra Choluim Chille, is a curate’s egg of a work
Eoghan Desmond: ‘I struggle to write in a vacuum – I draw inspiration from what I’m working on as a singer’
The upcoming premiere of the composer’s new piece, Amra Choluim Chille, may well be the largest-scale setting of a text in Irish
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