The Chilean/Irish filmmaker José Miguel Jiménez has made three films for the pieces O’ROURKE (performed by Michelle O’Rourke), music for donkeys who like music and music for people who like art C (both performed by Crash Ensemble ). They were first shown at the Irish Film Institute on December 16th and you can watch them here:
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Andrew Hamilton gratefully acknowledges support from PRS for Music Foundation
New films by José Miguel Jiménez
The Chilean/Irish filmmaker José Miguel Jiménez has made three films for the pieces O’ROURKE (performed by Michelle O’Rourke), music for donkeys who like music and music for people who like art Crash Ensemble (both performed by Crash Ensemble). They were first shown at the Irish Film Institute on December 16th and you can watch them here:
O’Rourke by Andrew Hamilton from José Miguel Jiménez on Vimeo.
‘music for people who like nature’ in the hague
Ensemble Klang are celebrating their 15 years of existence with a great looking festival “Musical Utopias” at the Korzo Theatre in The Hague and alongside students of the Koninklijk Conservatorium they will perform “music for people who like nature” which was originally written for Orkest de Volharding on Saturday 22nd December at 15.00.
Chicago Premiere
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra give the US premiere of “music for roger casement” on Monday 22nd October.
First performance of new string quartet ‘f’
On Thursday 11th October the RTÉ Contempo String Quartet will give the first performance of ‘f’ at the Limerick City Gallery of Art
Further info here.
An assembly and Jack Sheen perform “music for people who like art”
An assembly conducted by Jack Sheen performed “music for people who like art” at the Royal Northern College of Music on June 23rd, here’s a video of the performance:
United States premiere of “music for roger casement”
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Cliff Colnot will perform “music for roger casement” in the Harris Theatre, Chicago on October 22nd. This is part of a series curated by Missy Mazzoli. Further details are here.
Recent Interview with Benjamin Tassie
Andrew Hamilton recently spoke with the composer Benjamin Tassie for The Sampler and it can be read here.
Video of “music for thomas bernhard”
Chamber Choir Ireland conducted by Paul Hillier’s recent performance of “music for thomas bernhard” at the Lunalia Festival on 6 May, 2018 can be watched here:
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