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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
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Title
Date
Instrumentation
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Duration
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Alban Berg: Drei Orchesterstücke Op. 6
2011
2 pf [4 hands], perc
Ensemble
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[PDF]
Suite for String Orchestra
2008-2009
str
Orchestral
'Where should this music be?'
2008
2 vn va vc
7'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Other Times, Other Places
2007 - 2008
voice pf
12'
Vocal and choral
View
[PDF]
The Young are Always Right
2007
3222 4231 asax timp perc glock xyl hrp pf str
12'
Orchestral
Céimeanna
2007
pf
14'
Solo instrumental
View
[PDF]
Listen
[54 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Archie Chen (pf). 25 February 2008. John Field, National Concert Hall, Dublin. © Kevin O'Connell [
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Four Pieces for Orchestra
2006
3333 4331 4 perc hrp pf+cel str
Orchestral
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[PDF]
90" for Annaghmakerrig
2006
pf
2'
Solo instrumental
Alban Berg: Reigen Op. 6 no 2
2004 rev. 2009
2 pf
Ensemble
Motus
2004
bcl
5'
Solo instrumental
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[PDF]
Listen
[63 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Sarah Watts (bcl). 10 November 2005. Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. © Kevin O'Connell [
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Three Sacred Songs
2004
S-solo, pf
5'
Vocal and choral
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[PDF]
Listen
[51 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Anna Devin (S-solo), Deborah Kelleher (pf). 10 November 2005. Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. © Kevin O'Connell [
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Apollo and Marsyas
2003
S-solo, Bar-solo, fl+picc cl+bcl perc gui pf vn vc, tape
30'
Electro-acoustic and mixed media
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[PDF]
Listen
[54 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Sylvia O’Brien (S-solo), Martin Higgins (Bar-solo), Crash Ensemble, conductor Fergus Sheil. 12 June 2004. O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Dublin. © Performers [
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Étude No. 3
2002
pf
Solo instrumental
Étude No. 4
2002
pf
Solo instrumental
Étude No. 5
2002
pf
4'
Solo instrumental
View
[PDF]
Fuga à 4 voci
2002
pf
10'
Solo instrumental
Piano Trio
2001
vn vc pf
20'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Listen
[41 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Lontano. CD:
Music from Northern Ireland
. © Lontano Records
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Chorale, Toccata and Fugue
2001
org
12'
Solo instrumental
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[PDF]
Listen
[78 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
David Adams (org) CD:
Irish Contemporary Organ Music
. © All Write Music
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String Quartet
2000
2 vn va vc
40'
Ensemble
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[PDF]
Listen
[34 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
The Lotus String Quartet. 4 March 2002. Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown County Hall, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. [
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Tuned in Fits
2000
2 vn va vc
11'
Ensemble
Étude 2000
1999 rev. 2002
pf
5'
Solo instrumental
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[PDF]
Listen
[57 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
David Adams (pf). 9 November 2000. 'Mostly Modern' series, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin © CMC [
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Contratempo
1999
fl vc
5'
Ensemble
Listen
[61 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Elaine McPherson (fl), David O'Connell (vc) 12 March 2000. Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin. © RTE [
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Skala
1999
bcl, db
11'
Ensemble
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Listen
[49 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Deirdre O'Leary (bcl), Malachy Robinson (db). 21 November 1999. Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin. © RTE [
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Kolor
1999
hrp [Irish]
10'
Solo instrumental
Slätter
1999
db
6'
Solo instrumental
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[PDF]
Listen
[44 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Malachy Robinson (db). CD:
Contemporary Music from Ireland, Volume Four
. © RTE
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O to be a Dragon
1998 - 1999
Bar-solo pf
25'
Vocal and choral
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[PDF]
Listen
[73 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Conor Biggs (Bar-solo), David Adams (pf). 9 November 2000. 'Mostly Modern' series, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin © CMC [
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Epithalamium
1998
vc
3'
Solo instrumental
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[PDF]
All the Livelong Way
1998
satb
11'
Vocal and choral
View
[PDF]
Listen
[39 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Studio recording]
Rosemary Collier (S-solo), Méav Ní Mhaolchatha (S-solo), Cora Newman (A-solo), Sandra Gudgeon (A-solo), Dermot Doyle (T-solo), John McKeown (T-solo), Conor O'Reilly (B-solo), National Chamber Choir of Ireland, conductor Colin Mawby. CD:
Pie Jesu
. © Black Box
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North
1997 - 1998
3222 4231 timp 2 perc str
20'
Orchestral
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[PDF]
Listen
[58 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce. 20 February 2001. 'Horizons' concert series, National Concert Hall, Dublin. © RTE [
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The Carman's Whistle
1997
2011 0200 pf hrp gui str [3.3.2.2.1]
8'
Orchestral
Fanfare on the notes b-d
1997
pf
3'
Solo instrumental
My Love, My Umbrella
1997
S-solo, A-solo, T-solo, Bar-solo, cl+bcl, vn db pf
80'
Vocal and choral
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[PDF]
The Fire King
1995
S-solo, A-solo, T-solo, 2 Bar-solo, fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, pf, 2 vn, va, vc
90'
Vocal and choral
View
[PDF]
Sonata for Cello and Piano
1993 - 1995
vc pf
27'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Listen
[63 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
David O'Connell (vc), Francis King (pf). 12 March 2000. Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin. © RTE [
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Carrickfergus
1993
pf [4 hands]
9'
Ensemble
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[PDF]
Tenebrae
1992
cl vn vc
11'
Ensemble
Sensational!
1992
S-solo, T-solo, Bar-solo, 2 vn va vc pf
20'
Vocal and choral
Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
1990
vn-solo, 1111 2110 str
17'
Orchestral
From the Besieged City
1988 - 1989
Mez-solo, 2222 4221 timp perc str
20'
Vocal and choral
View
[PDF]
Sonata for Saxophone and Piano
1988
a+ssax, pf
14'
Ensemble
View
[PDF]
Listen
[32 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Kenneth Edge (a+s sax), Danusia Oslizlok (pf). 19 June 1994. Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin [
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Fáilte don éan
1988
satb
4'
Vocal and choral
View
[PDF]
String Trio
1987
vn va vc
14'
Ensemble
Listen
[59 sec.]
mp3 clip
[Live recording]
Irish String Trio. September 1987. Magee College, Derry [
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Einzeichnung
1987
1111 1000 perc pf str
12'
Orchestral
Aria and Passacaglia
1985 rev. 2001
gui
8'
Solo instrumental
Concertino
1984 - 1985
1111 1000 hrp cel str [1.1.1.1.1]
12'
Orchestral
View
[PDF]
Duo for Violin and Piano
1982
vn pf
8'
Ensemble
Variants
1980
fl ob cel pf vn vc
12'
Ensemble
Three Studies for String Quartet
1979
2 vn va vc
6'
Ensemble