Frank Corcoran

” For a small country, we have an impressive reputation for our contribution to the visual, literary and dramatic arts. We know how valuable the arts are as an expression of ourselves as a nation, not just economically but also as an articulation of our identity and imagination and consciousness in the world. ”
Fine words above from a contributor to the Irish Times´end-of-2013 Artists´Ideas On Saving Irish Arts… “Contribution to the visual…. ” Wait a minute ! He forgot to mention Irish music, Irish composers, Irish art in tones and symphonies . Why ? Because ceol na h Éireann, irische Kunstmusik he neither knows nor cares about nor is impressed by nor impinged upon…. Irish art-music is just not there. in his imagination. Nor in any kind of “national” consciousness. Not there. No composers in Ireland. – I´ve been preaching this for years ; our second-rate , post-colonial, freed State, – no idea of me as an Irish composer.
Weep. Groan. Tomorrow´s brave new Irish 2014 ´ll be the same.