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Agnew, Elaine
Alcorn, Michael
Allawerdi, Farid
Balfe, Michael William
Ball, Derek
Ball, Michael
Barber, Alyson
Barry, Gerald
Bates, Enda
Beckett, Brian
Beckett, Walter
Bell, Derek F.
Benedict, Julius
Bennett, Ed
Bodley, Seóirse
Bowles, Michael
Boydell, Brian
Boyle, Hugh Martin
Boyle, Ina
Bremner, David
Brennan, John Wolf
Bridges, Brian
Brown, Melanie
Buckley, Irene
Buckley, John
Buckley, Linda
Burns, Neil
Byers, David
Caffrey, Greg
Campbell, Bill
Canning, Rob
Carroll, Fergal
Cassidy, Patrick
Clancy, Seán
Clarke, Rhona
Cleare, Ann
Cleary, Siobhán
Climent, Angel
Climent, Ricardo
Coghill, Rhoda
Collier, David
Comac, Bernadette
Connolly, Patrick
Coonan, David
Corcoran, Frank
Cox, David Harold
Crawford Collins, Dominic
Cullivan, Tom
Davey, Shaun
Davidson Ford, Grant
de Barra, Séamas
de Bromhead, Jerome
Deale, Edgar M.
Deane, Raymond
Delap, Gordon
Dennehy, Donnacha
Diebold, Robert A.
Doherty, Michael
Doran, Christy
Dowling, Alex
Dowling, Fergal
Doyle, Roger
Duff, Arthur
Dwyer, Benjamin
Egan, Eric Skytterholm
Esposito, Michele
Farhat, Hormoz
Farrell, Ciaran
Farrell, Eibhlis
Feery, Amanda
Fennessy, David
Ferguson, Howard
Fleischmann, Aloys
Flood, Philip
Flynn, Dave
Flynn, Paul
Friel, Redmond
Gardner, Stephen
Geary, Bernard
Gibson, John
Godfrey, John
Gribbin, Deirdre
Groocock, Joseph
Guilfoyle, Ronan
Gunn, Douglas
Guy, Barry
Hamilton, Andrew
Hammond, Philip
Hanlon, Ben
Harbison, Janet
Hardebeck, Carl
Harron, Damien
Harty, Hamilton
Hayes, Paul
Heery, Francis
Hellawell, Piers
Higgs, George
Hoban, Piaras
Holohan, Michael
Holstead, Rachel
Hope, Ciaran
Hughes, Herbert
Hurley, Donal
Hynes, Oliver
Ingoldsby, Marian
Irvine, Brian
Jacobson, Daniel
Johnston, Fergus
Kelly, Derek Anthony
Kelly, Mary
Kelly, T. C.
Kennedy, Vincent
Kilty, Laura
Kinsella, John
Knight, Trevor
Lamb, Robert
Langan, Mick
Larchet, John F.
Lazzarini, Victor
Ledwidge Flynn, Brian
Linnane, Fiona
Lyons, Frank
Mannion, Ruaidhri
Marmion, Bernadette
Martin, Philip
Mawby, Colin
Mawhinney, Simon
May, Frederick
McAuliffe, Mary
McCormack, Patrick
McCreesh, Eunan
McGlynn, Michael
McKay, Deirdre
McLachlan, John
McLaughlin, Scott
McNulty, Daniel
Melvin, Adam
Mills, Alan
Moeran, E. J.
Molloy, Ryan
Moran, Peter
Morris, David
Mulvany, Eoin
Mulvey, Gráinne
Murphy, Gerry
Murray, Anna
Nangle, Jonathan
Nelson, Havelock
Ní Dhubhghaill, Caitríona
Ní Ríain, Ailís
Norby, Christopher
Ó Cearbhaill, Fiontán
Ó Duinn, Proinnsías
Ó Gallchobhair, Éamonn
Ó Riada, Seán
Ó Súilleabháin, Mícheál
O’Brien, Vincent
O’Byrne, Breffni
O’Connell, Kevin
O’Connor, Neil
O’Connor, Simon
O’Dwyer, Adele
O’Farrell, Anne-Marie
O’Halloran, Emma
O’Keeffe, Eoin
O’Leary, Jane
O’Leary, Martin
Palmer, Geoffrey Molyneux
Parke, Dorothy
Parker, Brent
Parker, C. S. L.
Peacock, Sid
Pearce, Colman
Potter, A. J.
Power, Gerard
Power, Karen
Purcell, Andrew
Quigley, Bryan
Rigaki, Evangelia
Ring, Judith
Ronneau, Jesse
Rosser, Peter
Roth, Nick
Rynhart, Dylan
Sarsfield, Donal
Schlepper-Connolly, Benedict
Sholdice, Garrett
Simpson, Jürgen
Softday,
Stalling, David
Stanford, Charles Villiers
Sweeney, Eric
Synnott, Andrew
Townsend, Declan
Townsend, Peadar
Trench, Fiachra
Trimble, Joan
Victory, Gerard
Volans, Kevin
Wallace, William Vincent
Walshe, Jennifer
Whelan, Bill
White, Ian
Whiteside, Matthew
Whyms, Kevin
Williams, Gareth
Wilson, Ian
Wilson, James
Wilson, Paul
Wood, Charles
Zuk, Patrick
Donnacha Dennehy (b. 1970)
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Date
Instrumentation
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If he died, what then
2011-2012
S-solo, 2222 2200 perc vib str [6.6.4.4.2]
20'
Orchestral
View
[PDF]
Misterman
2011
tape
5'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
Listen
[47 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Electronic/computer generated]
CD:
On the Nature of Electricity & Acoustics - Electro-Acoustic Music from Ireland
. © Heresy Records
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Overstrung
2010
vn, tape
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
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[PDF]
That the Night Come
2010
S-solo, fl, cl, trb, acc, egui, perc [vib, glock, mar, kickdm], pf, str
35'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Listen
[57 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Dawn Upshaw (voice), Crash Ensemble, conductor Alan Pierson. CD:
Grá agus Bás
. © Nonesuch Records Inc.
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Disposable Dissonance
2009-2010
2 fl+picc 2 sax 2 kbd acc vib perc vn va vc gui
Ensemble
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[PDF]
GAS
2009
3 voices, ensemble, electronics
18'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
As An Nós
2009
fl+picc cl pf perc gui vn va vc
15'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Crane
2009
3333 4331 timp 3 perc hrp pf str
25'
Orchestral
View
[PDF]
Fold
2008
ob, bcl, perc, pf, electronics
12'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
View
[PDF]
A Fatal Optimist
2008
4 instr [variable], pf, perc
4'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
STAMP
2008
2 vn va vc
8'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Swift's Epitaph
2008
Ct-solo, perc
Vocal and choral
View
[PDF]
Aisling Gheal
2007
voice, fl, cl, vibes, egui, vn, va, vc, db, electronics
9'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
View
[PDF]
Grá agus Bás
2007
voice [sean n≤s], fl+picc cl+bcl trb egui perc vn va vc db, live electronics
28'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
View
[PDF]
Listen
[58 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Iarla Ó Lionáird (voice), Crash Ensemble, conductor Alan Pierson. CD:
Grá agus Bás
. © Nonesuch Records Inc.
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Pushpulling
2007
2 vn va vc
6'
Ensemble
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[PDF]
North Circular
2007
pf
1'
Solo instrumental
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[PDF]
Listen
[56 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Michael McHale (pf). CD:
The Irish Piano
. © RTÉ lyric fm
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North Strand
2007
pf
1'
Solo instrumental
Reservoir
2007
pf
10'
Solo instrumental
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[PDF]
Listen
[58 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Isabelle O'Connell (pf). CD:
Reservoir
. © Diatribe Recordings
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Stainless Staining
2006 - 2007
pf tape
15'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
View
[PDF]
Bulb
2006
vn vc pf
20'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Listen
[58 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Fidelio Trio. CD:
Bulb
. © Performers
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fAt
2006
fl pf
6'
Ensemble
Brat
2005
rec tape
6'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
Elastic Harmonic
2005
vn-solo, 2431 4321 hrp pf 3 perc str
15'
Orchestral
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[PDF]
Listen
[55 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Darragh Morgan (vn), RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney CD:
Donnacha Dennehy: Elastic Harmonic
. © RTE
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Hive
2005
satb 2230 4221 timp 3 perc hrp pf str
17'
Vocal and choral
View
[PDF]
Rooney's Centre for Mild, Medium-Lasting, Artificial Happiness
2004
ssax, asax, tsax, barsax
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
The Blotting
2004
bcl, vn [prepared], va, vc, pf
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
The Weathering
2003 - 2004
S-solo, trec 2 perc [vib bdrm] vn
Vocal and choral
View
[PDF]
Streetwalker
2003
cl+bcl egui perc [vib, bdm, sdm, cowbells] pf vc db
12'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Listen
[55 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Crash Ensemble. CD:
Donnacha Dennehy: Elastic Harmonic
. © NMC Recordings
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Paddy
2003
perc
8'
Solo instrumental
View
[PDF]
Listen
[42 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Tatiana Koleva (perc). CD:
Donnacha Dennehy: Elastic Harmonic
. © Tatiana Koleva
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Glamour Sleeper II
2002/3
cl/sax, vn, pf [prepared], perc [amplified], live electronics
10'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
View
[PDF]
Glamour Sleeper
2002
cl vn db perc [amplified], live electronics
11'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
Listen
[49 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
ensemble intégrales. CD:
Donnacha Dennehy: Elastic Harmonic
. © NMC Recordings
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The Pale
2002
ssax asax tsax barsax 4 perc
10'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Composition for percussion, loops, blips and flesh
2001 - 2002
6 mar
14'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Listen
[47 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Slagwerkgroep Den Haag. CD:
New Works for Percussion
. © Slagwerkgroep Den Haag
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"O"
2001 - 2002
4042 2 sax 4440 4 perc 2 hrp str
15'
Orchestral
To Herbert Brün
2001
Mez-solo, tsax+barsax trb db live electronics
13'
Vocal and choral
View
[PDF]
Listen
[59 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Crash Ensemble. 20 December 2001. Project Arts Centre, Dublin. © Crash Ensemble [
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pAt
2000 - 2001
pf tape
11'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
Listen
[58 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Joanna MacGregor (pf). CD:
Donnacha Dennehy: Elastic Harmonic
. © Silverdoor
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Counting
2000
2 vn va vc, tape [four-channel]
12'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
derailed
2000
fl cl vn vc db hpd tape
14'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
View
[PDF]
fAt
2000
fl tape
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
Listen
[55 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Bill Dowdall (fl). CD:
William Dowdall Works for Solo Flute
. © Celestial Harmonies
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The Vandal
2000
3330 3331 pf str [16.14.12.10.8]
11'
Orchestral
Mad, Avid, Sad
2000
org
3'
Solo instrumental
Listen
[62 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
David Adams (org) CD:
Irish Contemporary Organ Music
. © All Write Music
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Severance
1999
fl+picc, 3 sax, 3 tpt, 3 trb, pf, db, [all amplified] tape
14'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
A Game for Gentlemen Played by Thugs
1999
ob, tpt, hpd [all amplified]
5'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Ecstasis, full stop
1999
2 vn va vc, live electronics
5'
Ensemble
Swerve
1998
fl tape
8'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
The Traces of a Revolutionary Song
1998
4 tpt, hn, 3 trb, btrb, tuba
10'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Curves
1997
hrp [amplified], tape
7'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
View
[PDF]
Junk Box Fraud
1997
cl, trb, 2 pf, 2 speakers, tape, video
12'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
View
[PDF]
Listen
[46 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Crash Ensemble. CD:
Donnacha Dennehy: Elastic Harmonic
. © NMC Recordings
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Pluck, Stroke and Hammer
1997
2 vn va vc pf
6'
Ensemble
Voitures
1996
ob tape
5'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
GUBU
1995
tape
7'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
Metropolis Mutabilis
1995
tape
6'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
Begobs I-IV
1994 rev. 1995
pf
18'
Solo instrumental
Du Temps Perdu
1994
tape
5'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
Of
1994
S-solo [amplified [opt.], ob, cl, asax, hn, trb, pf vn va vc db
10'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
A Fugue
1993
pf
2'
Solo instrumental
Work for Organ
1992 rev. 1998
org
3'
Solo instrumental
View
[PDF]
Listen
[39 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
David Adams (org) CD:
Irish Contemporary Organ Music
. © Contemporary Music Centre
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Two Yeats Songs
1992
S-solo, fl
10'
Vocal and choral
View
[PDF]
Listen
[53 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Laura Stanfield (S-solo), Jane Weigel (fl). February 1993. Smith Hall, Urbana, Illinois, USA [
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