Frank Corcoran

Frank Corcoran, James Joyce, and the Poetics of Myth

A Celebration of Frank Corcoran at 70

8pm, 26 November
James Joyce Centre,
35 North Great George’s St, Dublin

The Association of Irish Composers in collaboration with the James Joyce Centre present a concert marking the 70th birthday of Frank Corcoran.

On 24 November, The Contemporary Music Centre will launch a new Festschrift, a book celebrating the composer’s life and work, written by Hans Dieter Grunefeld. Two days later a number of musicians and academics will present an event of talks and music about Frank Corcoran.

PART ONE

Barra O Seaghdha: Frank Corcoran: An Introduction

Benjamin Dwyer: Joycean Aesthetics, Ethnic Memory and Mythopoetic Imagination in the Music of Frank Corcoran

PART TWO

Benjamin Dwyer Interviews Frank Corcoran

Frank Corcoran: Rhapsodietta Joyceana (world première) (Martin Johnston, cello)

Frank Corcoran: Variations on A Mháirín de Barra (1995) (Adele Johnston, viola)

Frank Corcoran: Seven Theses on Joyce and Music (Frank Corcoran)

Frank Corcoran: Joycespeak Musik (tape, 1995)

Frank Corcoran: Seven Miniatures (world première) (Alan Smale, violin)

Quasi Una Sarabanda
Andando
Alla Marcia
Alla Giga
Sempre Col Legno
Ferocissimo
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