19 Jun 2017 | Events
Requiem, Op. 9, by Maurice Duruflé was published in 1947. It had been commissioned six years earlier under the collaborationist Vichy regime, but Duruflé did not complete the work until 1947, post-world war II. The composer dedicated the Requiem to the memory of his...
19 Jun 2017 | Events
The National Concert Hall, Dublin, 5th November 2016. Mary Gordon – A gothic folk story inspires this new oratorio with text by award-winning Marina Carr and music by Irish composers Brian Irvine and Neil Martin. Tragic heroine Mary Gordon is passionately in...
6 Jun 2017 | Events
Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Carmina Burana is part of Trionfi, a musical triptych that also includes Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. The first and...