updated: May 17, 07:52 PM
The Agnew / McAllister Duo is delighted to have been featured on the latest release from RTÉ lyric fm – Hiccup.
The Duo’s 2007 recording of Greg Caffrey’s Pluck blow II (The Return) was one of the works chosen by RTÉ to feature on this latest release!
RTÉ lyric fm has commissioned over sixty five works from more than fifty composers since 2002.
These include songs, solo works, chamber music, orchestral compositions with narrator, electroacoustic pieces and improvisatory works. The musical styles range from quite tonal pieces in classical, world and jazz styles to the most challenging of contemporary music.
Hiccup includes works by Bernard Geary, David Fennessy, Rhona Clarke, Elaine Agnew, Gain Bryars, Fergus Johnston, Andreja Malir, Jurgen Simpson, Marian Ingoldsby, Greg Caffrey, Siobhán Cleary and Fergal Carroll presented in a beautiful gate-fold case with extensive notes on each work.
“Greg Caffrey’s Pluck, Bow II (The Return) makes virtuosic demands of flute and guitar with its aerated but rhythmically intricate interplay ably realised by Aisling Agnew and Matthew McAllister.”
Michael Quinn, The Journal of Music
If you would like a FREE copy of Hiccup, email us at lyric@rte.ie and include your name and full address.
Please mention the Agnew / McAllister Duo when requesting your copy!
You can also write to us to request a copy at:
RTÉ lyric fm
Cornmarket Square
Limerick
Ireland
For more information click on the link below:
updated: Apr 2, 07:32 PM
The Agnew/McAllister Duo will travel to Peru this August to give concerts in and around Lima. More details to follow shortly…
updated: Mar 31, 11:27 AM
The Agnew/McAllister Duo’s concert for Ilkley Manor House at the end of last year was reviewed by Classical Guitar Magazine.
To read the review click here
updated: Mar 31, 11:18 AM
Hiccup: a selection of RTÉ lyric fm commissions 2002-2008 including the Agnew/McAllister Duo’s recording of Greg Caffrey’s Pluck, Blow II is due for release in May 2009.
updated: Jan 18, 04:01 PM
Click here to read the review of Agnew/McAllister Duo concert for the Aberdeen Chamber Music Club which appeared in the Aberdeen Press & Journal in December
updated: Jan 18, 03:49 PM
Frevo Quartet’s recording of Astor Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango has recently been reviewed in Pan Flute Magazine, Classical Guitar Magazine and by Tokafi.
To read the reviews click on the following links:
updated: Oct 9, 04:43 PM
The Frevo Quartet will mark the launch of their latest recording Standing Stones with a tour of concerts around Ireland. They will be performing both North and South of the border and will also be making appearances on Radio.
For more information on concerts
updated: Aug 18, 12:37 PM
Throughout September Aisling will be performing with the Research Ensemble at various venues around Edinburgh as part of the Sonic Fusion Festival of 2008.
As described by Artistic Director, Steve Davismoon:
“The principal aim of the Sonic Fusion Festival is to bring together a diverse array of the NEW from international contemporary music, on a world-wide basis. It will consist of concert performances, electronic audio, and audio-visual installations as well as many educational events (including performance, composition and workshop activities for children; and masterclasses, demonstrations and informal pre-concert talks being of more general public interest). It will consistently seek to challenge preconceptions, whilst at the same time guaranteeing the delivery of world-class musical art.
I am pleased to be able to announce the first details of the Sonic Fusion Festival 2008.
It will run from the 18th to the 28th of September 2008. The specific details of the events will be announced at the festival’s launch on August 22nd 2008.
Amongst the landmarks that will be marked is the 100th birthday of Elliott Carter; the 100th anniversary of the birth of Messiaen; the 80th anniversary of the birth of Karlheinz Sotckhausen; the 60th ‘birthday’ of Musique Concrète andthe 50th birthday of the GRM studios; the 60th birthday of Nigel Osborne.
The visiting artists currently include:
• The German composer Gerhard Stäbler
• The Korean composer Kunsu Shim
• The Scotland-based organist Kevin Bowyer
• Brake Drum Percussion Ensemble from Italy
• Jean-Phillipe Wurtz from Strasbourg
• Birute Vainiunaite and Skaidra Jancaite from Vilnius, Lithuania
• Research Ensemble
It is with deep commitment that we work towards the realisation of the Sonic Fusion Festival. It is our firm belief that it offers something very special to the cultural calendar of Scotland, and to which there is currently nothing comparable, either by way of its breadth of international vision, its depth of public-spirited pedagogical conviction or its drive to put Scotland well and truly on the world circuit of contemporary music festivals.
The Sonic Fusion Festival team hope that you enjoy the 2008 programme of events.”
updated: May 16, 12:48 PM
updated: May 1, 04:05 PM
The debut performance of the Kelvin Trio was the subject of much excitement and enthusiasm at St Paul’s Cathedral on the 19th of May. The trio performed sonatas by Bach, Telemann & Vivaldi in the popular lunchtime concert series.
To read the review please click here