Dublin City Council are dipping their toes further into live music after a successful Valentines concert and will once again be taking over parts of Dublin for a new initiative called MusicTown 2015, which will run from April 10th to 19th 2015 across the city.
The full programme is set to be launched in March but tickets for some events will be on sale right now on musictown.ie. The programme ranges from ‘Barrytown Meets MusicTown’ a literary and musical journey of music and written word that inspired Roddy Doyle when writing his Trilogy to Handel’s ‘Il Trionfo Del Tempo e del Disinganno’ performed by the Opera Theatre Company in Christchurch Cathedral.
Concerts, talks, workshops and walks, will make the music of Dublin accessible to all. It’s conveying a wide taste of music from composers to lyricists, to conductors, singers, musicians and producers. They all get a nod of appreciation at this festival. The highlights will include….
SOUND OF SILENTS
‘Sound of Silents’ is a programme of silent films from the IFI Irish Film Archive made in Dublin between 1897 and the 1970s accompanied by a series of improvised scores performed by six leading musicians working between the fields of Irish traditional, improvised and electronic music. The event will feature performances by Seán Mac Erlaine (woodwind/electronics), Seán Carpio (percussion/guitar/loops), Jack McMahon (turntables), a fiddle player (to be confirmed) and Shane Latimer (guitar/electronics), in the IFI on Friday 10th April.
HANK SHOCKLEE
Choice Cuts presents Hank Shocklee, founding member of Public Enemy and ground-breaking hip hop producer, will feature in a Q&A session and DJ set at The Sugar Club on April 10th.
HANDEL’S IL TRIONFO DEL TEMPO E DEL DISINGANNO
Handel’s ‘Il Trionfo Del Tempo e del Disinganno’ will be performed by Opera Theatre Company in the historically significant and beautiful Christchurch Cathedral on April 10th.
BREAKING TUNES MUSIC TRAIL
First Music Contact presents ‘Breaking Tunes Music Trail’, on April 11th and 18th which will take participants on a walking tour of Dublin discovering a myriad of nooks and crannies where various artists from the breakingtunes.com stable will perform 20 minute, unplugged pop-up gigs.
BARRYTOWN MEETS MUSICTOWN
A Musical and Literary Celebration of Roddy Doyle’s “The Barrytown Trilogy” featuring Glen Hansard, Damien Demspey, Angeline Ball, Peter Coonan, Aslan, The Trouble Pilgrims, Cait O’Riordan, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Paul Mercier, Nelli Conroy and more to be announced soon.
DODECA CYCLE
‘Dodeca Cycle’ at City Assembly Hall, South William Street from April 16th — 18th will see music and technology come together in a novel, interactive musical installation, allowing 12 people at a time to create their own musical loops.
A TOUCH OF FROST
‘A Touch Of Frost’ featuring Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto and Sibeluis’ Symphony No. 1 in E minor will be performed by outstanding young clarinettist Julian Bliss and conducted by leading young conductor David Brophy in the National Concert Hall on Friday 17th April.
THE ISLE IS FULL OF NOISES: SHAKESPEARE’S MUSIC
‘The Isle is full of Noises: Shakespeare’s Music’ at St. Werburgh’s Church on Sunday 19th April will see the Gregory Walkers perform a foot-tapping, irreverent journey through a top twenty of Shakespearean songs for all members of the family.