Frank Corcoran

irish composer

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MORE FROM THE TORTURE CHAMBERS

Sept. 27 1990 CAL ARTS School Of Music:
THE MUSIC OF FRANK CORCORAN
March 13 1992 HARVARD UNIVERSITY :
THE DOLMEN´S LAMENT : MUSICAL
ARCHETYPES IN IRISH KEENING
March 22 2001. MÜNCHEN MUSIKHOCHSCHULE
TONALE LANDSCHAFTEN
October 15 2003. LIMERICK UNIVERSITY
ON MY ” PIG” SYMPHONY
May 23 2005 ZAGREB BIENNALE
MEMBER OF THE MBZ JURY
Jan 20 2005 MOSTLY MODERN DUBLIN
“TRAUERFELDER”

FROM THE DEEP FROZEN ARCHIVES

Berlin 30. April 1980 Dr. Peter Girth, Intendant of the BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.

” Dear Mr. Corcoran,
Your Symphony for 23 Wind Instruments is, I think,
of the works of yours which I know the most suitable for a performance. I intend to programme it as soon as possible. Please let me know about the orchestral material.
Yours etc. “

WORLD-CLASS CHOIR TO PREMIERE ” 8 Haikus “

The University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers was organized in 1963 by National Artist Professor Andrea O. Veneracion. The group is composed of students, faculty and alumni from the different colleges of the University of the Philippines (UP). The choir is one of the world’s most awarded, having consistently won all the top prizes in most of the world’s prestigious choral competitions: Arezzo and Gorizia in Italy, Marktoberdorf in Germany, Spittal in Austria, Neuchatel in Switzerland, Tours in France, Varna in Bulgaria, Debrecen in Hungary, Cantonigros, Tolosa and Torrevieja in Spain. They hold the distinction of being the first choir in the world to win the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing twice (1997 and 2007).

ZAGREB BIENNALE 2013. APRIL 9

17:00
HGZ
Inside EU

Zagreb Trio

Vidmantas Bartulis: Express No. 3, or Glinka and Nemirovich-Danchenko on a Train Trip from St. Petersburg to Moscow / Ekspres br. 3, ili Glinka i Nemirovi?-Dan?enko na putu vlakom iz Sankt Peterburga do Moskve
Frank Corcoran: Klavirski trio
Wolfgang Rihm: Fremde Szene III / ?udna scena III, za klavirski trio
Peteris Vasks: Episodi e canto perpetuo / Epizode i stalni pjev

ALL THAT GLITTERS

Frank Corcoran´s new choral work
EIGHT HAIKUS ( for S S A A T T B B ) , texts by Frank Corcoran,
has been awarded First Prize in the
2013 International Federation Of Choral Music Competition .

FROM THE ARCHIVES . ICICLES STILL HANG BY THE WALL.

FROM THE ARCHIVES : THEM WUZ THE DAYS :
The RTÉ Symphony Orchestra led by Audrey Park and conducted by Janos Furst, perform two works by Irish composers. Part of the European Broadcasting Union 20th Anniversary Concert Season broadcast live from the National Concert Hall. Soprano Suzanne Murphy joins the orchestra to perform Harty’s Children of Lir.Frank Corcoran: Symphonies of Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Hamilton Harty: The Children of Lir

Programme ID:
AR0133956

Programme Title:
EBU CONCERT DUBLIN
Prog. No.:
1

Duration:
54.00

First Transmission:
Nov 09 1987 00.00.00

D 1940

WHY AM I , YES , EXCITED ?

The Hound of Culann / No mean daw with a sliotar / Also died of love

To Ulster travel
Describe how Ferdia fell
Kissed , killed by his friend

March 12 . 2013 New York Premiere of my ” VARIATIONS ON MYSELF” ( North South Consonance Chamber Orchestra ) draws near. Five wind with my macro-counterpoint ; five strings grid the temporal flow. Exciting, this magical birth ? Whew !