Calendar
1st January 2020: You window-pierc’d facades performed by Lina Andonovska (fl) and Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) at Kaleidoscope
8th December 2019: You window-pierc’d facades performed by Lina Andonovska (fl) and Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) at Hugh Lane Gallery Sundays @ Noon
April 2019: Themework (hn, vc, synth, live elect.) performed by RETRO DISCO and the composer as part of Music Current, Dublin
March 2019: Permanent Ritornello performed by Crash Ensemble as part of NMD2019
February 2019: music for Northern European Cathedrals Conference: over an hour of music for an experimental liturgy at Christ Church Cathedral, performed by a octet of voices and instruments: Aisling Kenny (sop), Kate Ellis (vc), Lisa Dowdall (vla), Mark Redmond (uilleann pipes) Robbie Blake (bass), Eileen Coyle (sop), Vincent Lynch (tenor), David Bremner (organ)
Nov 2018: Four – performed by Lina Andonovska (fl), David Adams (hpd), Lisa Dowdall (viola d’amore), Bryan Quigley (db), Elizabeth Hilliard (sop), David Bremner (electronics), Mihai Cucu (video), Raymond Keane (actor); composition funded by South Dublin County Council
October 2018: Hymn to St Sunniva – performed by the choir of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin conducted by Ian Keatley, and David Bremner (organ)
Feb & April 2018: Demonstrable Progress – performed by Dylan Browne and Chloe Power (pf duet) at UCD and then at Hugh Lane Gallery, with video by Brian Duggan
July 2017: The Dukes of Banjax – performed by Joe O’ Farrell (banjo) and David Bremner (live electronics) as part of Listen at Arthur’s
Sept 2017: The robot, the clock in the night – performed by David Bremner (toy piano) at the Ark
May 2017: focus, evasion – performed by RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gavin Maloney, as part of the NSO/CMC project Composer Lab
December 2016: Alternatives – performed by Kirkos ensemble (violin, cello, piccolo, clarinet, actor) as part of KirkosKammer
October 19th 2016, 8:30pm at Nealon’s, Capel St., Dublin
- logic ballad #2: The guarded tourist makes the guide the test
performed by Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) as part of Phonica 4
October 15th 2016, 7:30pm at Temple Bar Galleries, Dublin
- Alternatives
performed by Kirkos ensemble (vn, vlc, picc., cl, actor) as part of FluxFest
September 29th 2016, 8pm at St. Audoen’s Church, Dublin
- Interior Designs (revised version)
performed by Michael Quinn (org) as part of a CMC Salon, co-curated with Dublin Sound Lab
August 28th 2016, 8:30pm at St. Michael’s, Dún Laoghaire
- Repetition-Canon
performed by David Bremner (org), David Stalling (electronics) as part of Dún Laoghaire Summer Organ Concerts
May 19th 2016, 8:30pm at the Lutheran Hall, Dublin
- Developing Variations
performed by Elizabeth Hilliard (sop), Paul Roe (cl) and David Bremner (pf) as part of an AIC concert curated by Gráinne Mulvey
April 28th 2016, 8pm at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin
- Cycle Studies and Ladrang ‘the usual reason’
performed by UCD Gamelan, Gamelan Nua and David Bremner
March 20th 2016, 7pm at The Chocolate Factory, Dublin
- A Realisation (unacc. choir)
performed by Tonnta in an event ‘Future Composers’ promoted by ENSEMBLE
January 6th 2016, 8.30pm at BelloBar, Dublin
- Since the Appearance
performed by Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) and David Bremner (kbd) as part of Kaleidoscope Night
December 13th 2015, 8pm at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin
- Sweelinck Fractal
performed by David Bremner (org), in a concert curated by Linda Buckley as part of the AIC Directions series
October 11th 2015, 8pm at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin
- Half-happening (for mandolin orchestra)
performed by JugendZupfOrchester NRW conducted by Christian de Witt
August 2nd 2015, 7:30pm at St Michael’s Church, Enniskillen
- Since the Appearance
Performed by Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) and David Bremner (org) as part of Happy Days Festival fringe and St. Michael’s Summer Organ Concerts
May 31st 2015, 4:30pm @thedrawingroom 12 Henrietta St.
- Pool
Performed by Anne-Marie O’Farrell (Irish harp), as part of the AIC: Irish Composers on Irish Music
April 18th and 19th 2015, all through the day at the Contemporary Music Centre
- excerpt from Logical Fallacies
Performed by Andreea Banciu (vla) and Elizabeth Hilliard (sop), in a programme curated by Adrian Mantu as part of Dublin City Council’s MusicTown celebrations
February 23rd 2015, 8:30pm at Kevin Barry Room, the National Concert Hall
- Not objects and Dreaming in Boxes
Performed by David Bremner (piano) as part of AIC:Irish Composers on Irish Music
January 30th 2015, 6:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
- works from the CD l’air du temps/the spirit of the times and new material
Performed by David Bremner (organ) and Mark Redmond (uilleann pipes) as part of Temple Bar TradFest
January 13th 2015, 1:05pm at National Concert Hall, Dublin
- Gap Static
Performed by RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gavin Maloney, as part of RTÉ Horizons 2015
November 3rd 2014, 8pm at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin
Launch of CD l’air du temps/the spirit of the times, a recording containing new compositions and arrangements for organ (David Bremner) and uilleann pipes (Mark Redmond) exploring the links (real/imagined) between Irish traditional music and French Baroque organ music
November 2014
- Logical Fallacies
Performed by Andreea Banciu (viola) and Elizabeth Hilliard (sop.) at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
September 2014
- Logical Fallacies
A song-cycle on text by Billy Mills. Performed by Andreea Banciu (viola) and Elizabeth Hilliard (sop.) at Irish World Academy, UL, as part of Limerick City of Culture 2014
June 2014
- Sweelinck Fractal
Performed by Joonho Park (organ) at St Michael’s, Dún Laoghaire, as part of Dún Laoghaire Organ Concerts and Pipeworks
- Dancing on the Threshold
Performed by New Dublin Voices at St Michael’s, Dún Laoghaire, as part of Dún Laoghaire Organ Concerts
- logic ballad #2: The guarded tourist makes the guide the test
video of performance presented in Music and/as Process conference, Canterbury, UK
May 2014
- 3 Songs
Performed by Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) and David Bremner (pf) at the National Concert Hall, as part of AIC: The Irish Canon
- The Dukes of Banjax
Performed by Joe O’ Farrell (banjo) and David Bremner (live electronics) at the National Concert Hall, as part of Béal 2014
- logic ballad #2: The guarded tourist makes the guide the test
Performed by Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) at the National Concert Hall, as part of Béal 2014
April 2014
- Dancing on the Threshold
Performed by New Dublin Voices at the University Church, Dublin as part of the Irish Composers’ Collective/NDV project Conversations
March 2014
- logic ballad #2: The guarded tourist makes the guide the test
Performed by Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) at the National Concert Hall, as part of a workshop with Jennifer Walshe in New Music Dublin
November 2013
- ‘There must be something the matter with him’ from Three Songs
Performed by Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano) and David Bremner (piano) as part of AIC: The Irish Canon at St Patrick’s Drumcondra
- Sweelinck Fractal
Performed by David Bremner (organ) at Christ Church Cathedral, as part of AIC: The Irish Canon
- ‘We hesitate’ from Three Songs
Performed by Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano) at the Contemporary Music Centre as part of the launch of AIC: The Irish Canon
July 2013
- Logic Ballad #2: The guarded tourist makes the guide the test.
Performed by Elizabeth Hilliard at the Hilltown New Music Festival
June 2013
- L’Air du Temps/The Spirit of the Times
Programme of works for organ and uilleann pipes with new compositions and arrangements
Performed by David Bremner (organ) and Mark Redmond (uilleann pipes) at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (supported by an Arts Council Deis Award)
March 2013
- Pool
Performed by Anne-Marie O’ Farrell (Irish harp) at Vorstadttheater, Tübingen, Germany
December 2012
- Interior designs : performed by David Bremner (organ) at St. Werburgh’s Church, as part of ReSounding Dublin
- Eleven types of minute : video score with electronics screened at the Contemporary Music Centre
November 2012
- Paper Places (3 settings of Billy Mills) : performed by Andreea Banciu (vla), Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) at Smock Alley Theatre as part of Béal 2012
- Round : performed by ensembÉal (conducted by Orla Flanagan) at Smock Alley Theatre as part of Béal 2012
- Loop Walks : a work of scored poetry, produced in collaboration with poet Billy Mills; performed by ensembÉal vocal ensemble (conducted by Orla Flanagan) at Smock Alley Theatre as part of Béal 2012
July 2012
- 3 Songs : performed by David Bremner (pf) and Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) as part of Walled City Music Festival, Derry
- The bright kids (logic ballad) : performed by Elizabeth Hilliard (sop) at Hilltown Music Festival, Co. Westmeath
May 2012
- Driving through the waste territories: (Winter) : performed by Vox Merus brass quintet as part of the Irish Composers’ Collective monthly series at the National Concert Hall
February 2012
- excerpt from Stream Line : performed by DIT Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Brophy at Gleeson Hall,DIT
- Ungettable : performed by Aidan McWatt (violin), Mark Redmond (uilleann pipes) and David Bremner (live electronics) at Picturing the Soul, a multi-disciplinary event at the Back Loft, Dublin
- Turning : Commissioned by Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Performed by David Bremner (organ) and Mark Redmond (uilleann pipes) at the cathedral at a high-profile occasion attended by the President of Ireland, and on two more occasions subsequently
January 2012
- ‘We Hesitate’ from 3 Songs : performed by Sue Rynhart (soprano) as part of the Irish Composers’ Collective series at the National Concert Hall, Dublin
August 2011
- Out here on Cottage Grove it matters. : performed by Quasars Ensemble (vla, vc, db, perc) at the Ostrava New Music Days, Czech Republic
June 2011
- Christ Church Mass : performed by the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, at the cathedral
June 2010
- Pool : commisioned and performed by Anne-Marie O’Farrell (Irish harp) in the National Concert Hall, Dublin
April 2010
- Composure : graphic score, commissioned by Paul Roe with Arts Council funding. Performed by Paul Roe (bcl) at the University of Ulster, Derry and the National Concert Hall, Dublin
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