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QUASI UN PIZZICATO (2004)
Flutes, Soprano, Speaker, Harp, Piano, Percussion, Electronics. 10′.
commissioned by Wireworks Ensemble Münster
Premiere : Wireworks Ensemble with Frank Corcoran, Speaker,
Hamburg 29.11.2004.
Recording: Musikhochschule Hamburg 2004
SWEENEY’S SMITHEREENS (2000)
fl, picc, cl +bcl, perc, pf, vn, db MS10′
Commissioned by The Crash Ensemble
with funds provided bythe Arts Council/An Chomhairle
Ealaíon.
Premiere: 12 October 2000. Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany.The Crash Ensemble.
Recording:
CMC Sound Archive
TWO BACH FUGUES
(B.W.V. 876 and 878) (2002)
orchestrated for Chamber Orch.
fl,ob,cl,hn,perc,pno,v,vla,vcl,db. 3.50′ and 3.45′
Commissioned by The National Concert-Hall Dublin
with funds provided by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Premiere: 26.3.2002 National Concert Hall, Dublin
Nat. Symphony Orchestra of Ireland Chamber Orchestra, conductor: David
Brophy
WIND QUINTET No. 3 (1999)
Sweeney’s Wind-Cries
fl ob cl bn hn MS16′
Commissioned by Stuttgart Wind Quintet
with funds provided by The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Premiere: 25 November 2000.
Sligo Contemporary Music Festival, Model Arts and Niland Centre, Sligo.
Daedalus Wind Quintet: William Dowdall (fl), Matthew Manning (ob), John Finucane
(cl), Michael Jones (bn), Fergus O’Carroll (hn).
Recording:
CMC Sound Archive
ICE - ETCHINGS No. 1 (1996)
fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn MS17′
Commissioned by Musica Aperta with funds provided by
Incontri Europei con la Musica, Italy.
Premiere: 1 February 1997. Bergamo, Italy.
I Fiati Aperti, conductor Giuseppe della Valle.
TRAUERFELDER (1995)
Goirt an Bhróin (Fields of Sorrow)
4 perc MS13′
Commissioned by Minister of Culture, City of Hamburg, Germany.
Premiere: 26 February 1995. Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
Percussion Modern
Recording:
Neues aus der Milchstraße.
Modern Percussion
Neues aus der Milchstraße. NADM01
RHAPSODIC THINKING (1994)
4 vn MS10′
Commissioned by the Cappelletti Quartet
with funds provided by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Premiere: 20 September 1994. Brussels. Cappelletti Quartet.
Recording:
CMC Sounnd Archive
FOUR CONCERTINI OF ICE (1993)
fl ob cl hn vn vc db perc MS12′
Premiere: 1 February 1995. Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Düsssseldorfer Sinfoniker, conductor Mark-Andreas Schlingensiepen
Recording:
CMC Sound Archive
MUSIC FOR THE BOOK OF KELLS (1990)
All that we saw was his shadow under his shield
5 perc pf MS13′
Commissioned by Book of Kells Committee
of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Premiere: 27 May 1990. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
New Music Ensemble, Frank Corcoran (pf), conductor Pavel Burda.
Recording:
Mad Sweeney. Percussion Modern, Frank Corcoran(pf), conductor Dieter Cichewiecz.
Black Box 1999. BBM1026
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SHADOWS OF GILGAMESH (1988)
from Gilgamesh
fl ob cl hn tpt trb perc pf vn va vc db MS125′
Commissioned by Carroll’s Summer Music with funds
provided by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Premiere: June 1988. St Stephen’s Church,
Mount Street Crescent, Dublin.
Ulysses Ensemble, conductor Colman Pearce
Recording:
CMC Sound Archive
WIND QUINTET No.2 (1978)
fl ob cl bn hn
MS16′
Premiere: 10 October 1978. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Les Amis de la Musique.
Recording:Mad Sweeney.
Stuttgart Wind Quintet, director Willy Freivogel.
Black Box 1999. BBM1026
PIANO TRIO (1978 commission)
10′. Hesketh Trio.
Out on LP
Self Help - Frank Corcoran OIO .
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