Frank Corcoran

irish composer

FRANK CORCORAN IN “Cross Currents” Broadcasts. Autumn 2016 .

Cross Currents is a three-part music documentary series exploring Irish composers’ work from 1975 to 1985 and the present day.

This decade was a defining period for music in Ireland with a number of major talents blossoming. Arguably, this was the era in which Irish contemporary music came of age, shedding its self-conscious image and becoming more international, in keeping with much of the wider political and economic developments in the country at the time.

By comparing and contrasting this decade with the contemporary music scene of today, the programmes will tell the story of new music in Ireland and will draw together the different strands in music running between both periods. How has composition in Ireland changed? Has the role of the composer in Irish society shifted in the intervening years? To what extent has digital technology changed how composers work?

Through the use of extensive archival footage and recordings from the RTÉ Sound Archives, and with contributions from a wide selection of composers and musicians active during both periods, the series will bring the listener on a journey of this key period in Irish music history, and will bring alive the many musical developments, creative and personal stories, and link them with the present day.

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