Concert

3 March 2025 at 7.30pm

The James Joyce Centre in association with Anna Livia Creative hosted a celebratory concert of composer Frank Corcoran on Monday, March 3rd at 7.30pm. The concert featured the composer and classical guitarist Benjamin Dwyer, and the leading Irish cellist Paul Grennan. Irish composer John Buckley offered an appreciation of Corcoran’s extraordinary life and work. Corcoran joined actress Nicole Rourke as narrators of a number of Corcoran’s delightful poems. The concert also featured a number of works inspired by James Joyce.

Programme
Frank Corcoran: Three Pieces for Guitar (1975)
Frank Corcoran: Snap-shot (2010, for cello)
Frank Corcoran: Seven Points about Joyce as an Irish Composer (a text narrated by Frank Corcoran)
Frank Corcoran: Joyceana (2015, for cello)
Georg Hajdu: To Market Music (2024, for guitar & narrator; text by Frank Corcoran) Frank Corcoran & Nicole Rourke narrating. Irish Premiere.
Frank Corcoran: ‘Agnus Dei’ from Quasi Una Missa (1999, for tape)
Benjamin Dwyer: Sing the Word Only (2024, for guitar & narrator; text by Frank Corcoran) Frank Corcoran narrating. Irish Premiere.

Featuring
Composer Frank Corcoran
Guitarist-Composer Benjamin Dwyer
Cellist Paul Grennan
Actor Nicole Rourke
Composer John Buckley

The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.