Frank Corcoran

Forty years ago I composed for choir / excellent , GREAT voices

Down from my composer´s October shelf I take an Old Irish poem; it is, I suppose, ” Quasi Un Haiku ” :

“NI FHETAR” ” NOBODY ( QUITE ) KNOWS! ”

” Ní fhetar / Cia lassa fífea Etan /

Ro-fetar Etan bán /

Nochon fhífeá a hoenaráin! ” =

“Who knows /
Who Etan will sleep with ? /
But I know fair Etan /
She will not sleep alone. ”

What is the woman´s position here ? The ( sniggering young ) man´s ?
What I set was Frank O´Connor´s ( ” KINGS, LORDS AND COMMONS ” ) still brilliant if un poco genteel:

“All are keen to know / Who´ll sleep with blond Aideen ! / All Aideen herself will own / Is that she will not sleep alone “.

Is this text sensational ? Loins an´all ? Yes. Is my women ´n men´s
moilin´´n remoilin´ choral version ? Yes.
( I forgive Frank O´Connor obviously his ” Etan” = ” Aideen ” ; Frank went for the wide open ” E´” and ” I ” ( which Old Irish also,of course, can provide ) .

” All are keen to know
Who´ll sleep with blond Aideen…
All Aideen herself will own
Is that she will not sleep alone… ”

My composer´s “seeing” ear had cottoned to O´Connor´s ” a” // ” ee ” oscillation in the first half of our ” Etan / Aideen ” translation. Then, O´Connor´s and my choral vowels: ” Aw / ee / e / o // A / i / ee / o // ”

Forty years ago , it was , yes, this blessed, beannacht, tonight that I composed my splendidly youthful, heroic ” MEDIEVAL IRISH EPIGRAMMES” for S.A.T.B. Choir . Dr. Hans W. Rosen and the R.T.E.Singers premiered them, also it . Splendid Eric Sweeny also programmed them splendidly and Eric sent them to the 1979 International Composers´Rostrum in Paris.
So far, so Brahmsian. Now, forty years later , I´d love a whack at the original Old Irish and thus a naked, pithy, humble Beowulfian modern equivalent of the female-us male bodies dilemma.

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END OF GOLDEN OCTOBER HAIKU:

It pisses moonlight

Through rotten rafters ruined

The wind moans my end

So how would you set this little pearl, eh ? And for what ? Tenor ? Seldom ( I am risking writhing “Tenorlieder” ) enough ! Bass even rarer… Okay, soprano ? Piano or orchestra or wind quintet to
accompany ? How ? How many times must each line return? Might repeat? Ascending screech or descending keen to conclude ? All in all a mini-cantata for solo voice ? How would I set it ? And for what purpose ? Which performance , performers, venue, price, occasion ?

These are the little questions to hone the composing brain. Prepare headache . Kick-start the battery, ars componendi. Now at the dying fall.

This recording of my work – it can be listened and downloaded by following this link: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2630336/07%20Track%207%20-%20Two%20Unholy%20Haikus%2C%20Frank%20Corcoran.wav

Christopher Warren-Green, Music Director

Currently in his third season as Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony, Christopher Warren-Green returns to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducts the world premiere of Frank Corcoran’s Violin Concerto with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Dublin. He also returns to the St Louis Symphony, and following his acclaimed debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in December 2011, he was immediately reinvited for the 2012/13 season. Other highlights this season include performances with the Orchestre National de Belgique and his Italian debut with Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali. Warren-Green continues to serve as Music Director of the London Chamber Orchestra, while residing in Charlotte, NC with his family.

2. Konzert
Frank Corcoran (*1944) Concertini of Ice (1993) UA
D. de la Motte (*1928) Signale, für Akk, E-Gitarre, Schlgzg (1976)
Joep Straesser (*1934) Points of Contact I, für Blockflöte und Schlagzeug (1987)
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) Two Interlinked French Melodies (1929)
Per Norgard (*1932) Quintett op. 1 (1985)

Frank Corcoran geb. 1944 in Tipperary Irland. Studierte in Dublin (alte Sprachen, Philosophie), Rom (Theologie , Gregorianik und Renaissance-Musik) und Berlin (Meisterschüler von Boris Blacher). 1971-79 Music Inspector beim Irischen Erziehungsministerium. 1980 Stipendiat des Berliner Künstlerprogramms . 1981 Gastprofessor an der HdK Berlin. 1982 Professor in Stuttgart, seit 1983 an der Hamburger Musikhochschule. 1989-90 Fulbright-Professor in den USA und Gastdozent in CalArts, Harvard, Wisconsin, Boston, New York und Indiana. Seit 1983 ist Frank Corcoran Mitglied der Irischen AdK.
Balthasars Traum 1980
Sweeney’s Vision 1997
Sweeney’s letztes Gedicht, Sweeney’s Farewell 1997/98
Tradurre – Tradire 2004

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See:

http://www.northsouthmusic.org.calender.asp

for the March 12. 2013 N.Y.C. premiere of Frank Corcoran´s ” VARIATIONS ON MYSELF” for North South Chamber Orchestra.

The publication, Choirland: An Anthology of Irish Choral Music, is a collection of 15 pieces by Irish composers for unaccompanied mixed choir. Published by the Contemporary Music Centre, the collection has been produced in partnership with the Association of Irish Choirs and the National Chamber Choir of Ireland with funding from The Arts Council/An Chomairle Ealaíon.

The anthology marks the Arts Council’s 60th anniversary in 2011 and grew directly out of the Arts Council’s commitment to supporting the publication and recording of Irish choral music as articulated in Raising Your Voice, a report published by the Arts Council in 2008.

The music ranges in difficulty from the simple to perform, to the more challenging. From arrangements of traditional melodies, new settings of familiar texts and strikingly original works, the selection encompasses a wide array of styles, which illustrate the diversity and vibrancy of Irish choral music. Each piece is presented with performance notes designed to aid conductors and singers alike, and the book includes a CD recording of the music by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland conducted by its Artistic Director Paul Hillier.

Choirland is available to purchase from CMC’s Online Shop and direct from the Centre.

Contents:

Gerald Barry (b.1952) – Long time (2011)
Enda Bates (b.1979) – Pauper’s Lament (2010)
Seóirse Bodley (b.1933) – I will walk with my love (1981)
Brian Boydell (1917–2000) – Come Sleep (1964)
Rhona Clarke (b.1958) – Regina Coeli (from Two Marian Anthems) (2007)
Frank Corcoran (b.1944) – Caoine (1975)
Séamas De Barra (b.1955) – Ave Maria (1985)
David Fennessy (b.1976) – chOirland (2002)
Aloys Fleischmann (1910–1922) – Na Trí Captaení Loinge (1956)
Ben Hanlon (b.1952) – Molaimis go léir an tAon-Mhac Críost (2008)
Colin Mawby (b.1936) – Alleluia, Christus Resurrexit (1986)
Fiontán Ó Cearbhaill (1922–1981) – Suantraí ár Slánaitheora (1979)
Éamonn Ó Gallchobhair (1900–1982) – An Teitheadh go hÉigipt (1975)
Eric Sweeney (b.1948) – There is no rose (1981)
Gerard Victory (1921–1995) – Sliabh Geal gCua (1982)

Performance notes by Anne Barry and Alan Leech.