Continued from JMI July–August 2008

Works Received, June– July 2008
Bennett, Ed, Fourth Layer Tension [1999], hrp fl ob cl bn hn.
Byers, David, A Full Moon [2008], pf. A New Moon [2008], pf.
Caffrey, Greg, Ett Mobilt Hem [2006–2008], fl bcl gui vib.
Cleary, Siobhán, Conachlann [2008], ssax asax tsax barsax pf.
Dowling, Fergal, Still, Elisions [2008], S-solo, bcl, electronics.
Hamilton, Andrew, music for people who like chemistry [2007], vc-solo and three variable ensembles.
Mawby, Colin, Three Songs of Sadness [n.d.], satb [div.]. Bless Me, God the Father [1977], voice, saa, org. Three Christmas Anthems [1998], satb [div.], org. The Light of the Trinity [2000], satb [div.]. O Come, O Come Emmanuel [2004], sa org. O Christ, You Reign in Splendor Robed [2006], sab, org.
Nangle, Jonathan, my mind hovers on hummingbird wings [2005], tape.
O’Keeffe, Eoin, Ave Maria [2000], satb. Ave Maria [2000 rev. 2008], satb. TRIumph [2001], cl hn pf. Out of Motion [2003], pf [4 hands]. U-turn [2003], cl ssax tsax hn cnt trb btrb. Pass it along [2004], 5 woodwind [variable]. Telling God’s Story [2005], satb. The Uncivilised Discussion [2006], 2 vn va vc. The night before the morning after [2006], voice pf. Tritonic [2007], 2 tsax, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 trb, perc. Spherical Cube [2007], ssax, asax, tsax, barsax. Through the Menai Strait [2008], 2221 3221 timp 3 perc str.
Parker, C.S.L., Piano Book I [1981], pf. Isomorphic Improvisation nos.1 & 2 [1982], pf. Three Lumen [1987], pf. Wind Quintet no. 2 [1987], fl ob cl bn hn. String Quartet no. I [1987] 2 vn va vc. The Wind blows for a Focus [2001], Mez-solo, 1122 2000 timp  2 perc hrp pf str. Five Pieces for Clarinet & Piano [2008], cl pf.
Power, Karen, One piece of chocolate per bar [2008], 3222 4231 perc str. flies who dreamt of more than windscreens [2008], cl trb vc and tape.
Wilson, Ian, White guardians of the universe of sleep [2006 / 2007], satb, live electronics / satb [2 choirs]. Eyeless upon a dark river [2008], ob/obda 2 vn 2 va 2 vc db.

CDs, June–July 2008
David Adams, Irish Contemporary Organ Music, featuring works by Donnacha Dennehy, Kevin Volans, John Buckley, Raymond Deane, John McLachlan, Gerald Barry, Kevin O’Connell and John Godfrey, 407CD
Piers Hellawell, Dogs and Wolves,
405CD [includes a selection of Piers Hellawell’s substantial orchestral and chamber works]
Ian Wilson and Jürgen Simpson, Tundra, 406CD [features Mark O’Keeffe on trumpet]
David Harold Cox and Aloys Fleischmann, The Bells of Cobh, 408CD [also includes Irish traditional and classical works]

Books & Articles, June–July 2008
Niamh Heery, AMP Highlights, CMC Website (www.cmc.ie).
Niamh Heery, Interview with Karen Power, CMC Website (www.cmc.ie).

The fifteenth edition of the CMC publication Irish Composers: A Directory is also now available.

Compiled by the Contemporary Music Centre. All materials are available to browse or listen to in the centre’s library at 19 Fishamble St, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 (for details see www.cmc.ie or phone 01-6731922).