Crane for orchestra (2009) recommended by International Rostrum of Composers

Crane for orchestra (2009) was recommended by the 57th International Rostrum of Composers on the 4 June 2010 in Lisbon.

June 2010

Some radio broadcasts online: Interview with John Schaefer on WNYC (May 07 2010); Crash Ensemble in concert in London (including interviews with composers) on BBC (June 12 2010).  Available on their iplayer too; Crane for orchestra on Bernard Clarke's Nova on RTE Lyric FM (June 20) and on Danish Radio. Update July: Crash Ensemble's Le Poisson Rouge gig in New York is now up online at WQXR's Q2.  Features live performances of Streetwalker and As An Nós.

March 2010: New Releases

FAT (2000, rev. 2005) has been released by the Celestial Harmonies label in a recording made by William Dowdall. Reservoir (2007) is to be released in April by Diatribe Records in a recording made by Isabelle O'Connell.

February 2010: Icebreaker premieres new work

Icebreaker will premiere Disposable Dissonance (2009-10), a 17-minute piece commissioned by them, in Nottingham, UK on 24 February

Autumn/Winter 2009. Upcoming Premieres

Crane (24 mins) for orchestra will be premiered by RTE National Symphony Orchestra on 25 September at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.  An Irish Process for Orkest de Ereprijs will be premiered by them in Arnhem in the Netherlands on 29 October. As An Nós (15 mins) for ensemble will be premiered by San Francisco Contemporary Music Players at the Herbst Theatre San Francisco on 2 November, and then repeated by them at the MANCA Festival in Nice, France on 15 November.