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The Symphony and Ireland: A Symposium (20 April 2013)
DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama, Rathmines, Dublin 6
The Symphony and Ireland symposium aims to examine the context and
trajectory of the symphony in, and of, Ireland. It will bring together
leading international academics and contemporary Irish symphonic
composers to facilitate a contextual discourse on the composition and
consumption of the genre in Ireland.
The catalyst for this symposium was the recent discovery of the parts
for the first-known symphony composed in Ireland, uncovered in the
National Library of Ireland by RISM Ireland/DIT researchers. The
symphony was composed in Dublin by the French composer Paul Alday
c1816 and was one of two he wrote during this period. Prior to this
discovery, the library of the Royal Irish Academy of Music held only
incomplete parts, but the newly uncovered parts provide a complete set
for performance. These parts have been digitally transcribed by
students of the DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama in preparation for
the first performance of this symphony since the early nineteenth
century.
This event is free of charge but registration is required. Please
email catherine.ferris[at]dit[dot]ie by Friday 12 April to confirm
attendance.
Provisional Programme
9.30 – 10.00 Registration and Tea/Coffee
10.00 – 10.30 Sesssion 1
Dr Kerry Houston: Introductory Address and Welcome
Dr Axel Klein: Symphonies and Accompaniments - 200 Years
of Irish Symphonies
10.30 – 11.30 Session 2
Chair: Dr Maria McHale
Dr Catherine Ferris: Paul Alday, the Anacreontic Society
and the Birth of the Symphony in Ireland
Basil Walsh & Dr Michael Murphy: Rossini and Michael
Balfe's Sinfonietta (Bologna 1829)
11.30 – 12.00 Tea & Coffee
12.00 – 12.30 DIT Camerata, conducted by Keith Pascoe
Performance: Grand Symphony for Full Orchestra, Composed &
Respectfully Dedicated to the Anacreontic Society of Dublin, by P.
Alday, Dublin
c.1816
12.30 –13.30 Session 3
Chair: Professor Jan Smaczny
Professor Jeremy Dibble: Three Accents, Three Irish
Symphonies: Three National Symphonic Essays by Stanford, Esposito and
Harty
Dr Ita Beausang: From Glencree to Amalfi - Ina Boyle’s
Symphonic Journey
1.30 – 2.30 Lunchbreak
2.30 – 3.30 Session 4
Chair: Dr Gareth Cox
Dr Ruth Stanley: Programming, Investment and Cultural Value:
the History of Symphonic Music in Concerts of the BBC Northern Ireland
Orchestra
(1924-39)
Joe Kehoe: Fair Days, Chocolate, and Music: The Radio Éireann
Symphony Orchestra 1948 – 1955
3.30 – 4.30 Session 5
Chair: Dr Philip Graydon
Dr John Buckley, John Kinsella, Dr Grainne Mulvey and Dr
Kevin O'Connell: Panel Discussion
4.30 – 5.00 Professor Harry White: Closing Address
5.00 Reception
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In association with the Society for Musicology in Ireland & the
National Library of Ireland
An International Association for Music Libraries, Archives &
Documentation Centres (UK & Irl) Jubilee Celebration Event
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Contact: Dr Catherine Ferris: catherine.ferris[at]dit[dot]ie
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