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I feel very lucky to have such an interesting and diverse job. The demands are high but of course as with anything challenging, the rewards are immense.
My interest in period instruments began when I was a student of Nora Gilleece at the Royal Irish Ac...
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Fasch Bassoon Concerto in C Minor
To the modern listener the bassoon might not seem the most obvious choice for use as a solo instrument, but this was not always the case. During the baroque era many composers wrote challenging works for the instrument -...
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Dear Friends,
This summer we present two diverse programmes with masterpieces from the classical and baroque period.
In July we perform in Westport and Dublin, where Italian oboist Alfredo Bernardini directs a programme with some unfamiliar composers li...
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10.06.2005 - The Arts. A Player for All Seasons, NCH, Dublin
The Irish Times
Friday, June 10th 2005
Michael Dervan
String playing was stagnant in the 1960s, but now musicians are allowed to ‘have their own character’, veteran early music v...
