amplify #44 - Benjamin Dwyer on concertos by Raymond Deane, Jane O'Leary and Kevin Volans

This week’s podcast features a new occasional series, where with the help of expert guests, we take a look back at works by Irish composers in the recent past. For the first episode in the series, composer, guitarist and Professor of Music at Middlesex University, London Benjamin Dwyer takes a look at concerto works by Raymond Deane, Jane O’Leary, and Kevin Volans.

Show notes

• Benjamin Dwyer
  • CMC Composer Page
  • benjamindwyer.com/
  • amplify 18
• Raymond Deane
  • CMC Composer Page
  • raymonddeane.com/
• Kevin Volans
  • CMC Composer Page
  • Publisher page

Music

• Benjamin Dwyer - Guitar Concerto No. 1 for Guitar and Strings (Benjamin Dwyer, Irish Chamber Orchestra)
• Benjamin Dwyer - Concerto No. 2 for Guitar and Orchestra (Fabio Zanon, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor William Eddins)
• Raymond Deane - Concerto for Oboe and Large Orchestra (Matthew Manning, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce)
  • CMC Library Record
• Kevin Volans - Concerto for Uilleann Pipes and Orchestra (Gol Na mBan San Ár) (David Power, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Brophy)
• Jane O’Leary - string alive (Jane O’Leary, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Houlihan)