BRIAN IRVINE
News
2010-10-01
DUMBWORLD
The full version of this exciting new format opera with words and direction by John Mcilduff and music by Brian will be performed by the Brian Irvine Ensemble together with a company of 12 of the worlds most dynamic and versatile singers. Following on from the critically acclaimed performance preview in Dublin in May 2008, the fully staged version is scheduled to receive it's world premiere as part of the 2010 Belfast Festival at Queens.
2009-03-14
The Pied Piper
14 March 2009
Waterfront hall
Ulster orchestra, 200 singing children, and group of young dancers.
This is ambitious, hour long piece for full orchestra and massed singing chldren is a wild and imagininative interpretation of the famous Pied Piper story. In it the orchestra teams up with 200 singing children from four different Belfast schools as well as a 60 strong group of young dancers drawn from various dance schools throughout Belfast.
2009-03-06
BIG DADDY MOTORHEAD
New orchestral work, performed by the Ulster Orchestra, commissioned to mark the re-opening of the Ulster Hall in Belfast .
2009-03-06
Ulster Hall - Alive again!
The Ulster Orchestra will perform a new work by Brian to mark the opening of the newly refurbished Ulster Hall in Belfast.
2008-10-24
Junk Genius at Belfast Festival.
The Meter House, The Gasworks
Fri 24 Oct 8pm
Price: £10/£8
Isabelle O’Connell, piano
The New York-based, Irish pianist Isabelle O’Connell presents two world premières by Northern Irish composers Brian Irvine and Peter Rosser.
2006-11-31
TAILORS DAUGHTER WINS BRITSH COMPOSER AWARD
Brian has been awarded a British Composer Award for his opera The Tailors Daughter with libretto by Greg Cullen. The youth opera, which was commissioned and performed by Welsh National Opera last year received widespread critical acclaim and was the only youth opera to have been awarded the prize.
Presented by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters in association with the PRS foundation and Radio 3, the awards are held each year to mark the achievements of composers living and working in the UK. The finalists were chosen by a panel of distinguished composers, performers, and practitioners drawn from the UK music industry.
The awards were announced at a special evening at the Hayward Gallery, South Bank centre on 24th November.
Presented by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters in association with the PRS foundation and Radio 3, the awards are held each year to mark the achievements of composers living and working in the UK. The finalists were chosen by a panel of distinguished composers, performers, and practitioners drawn from the UK music industry.
The awards were announced at a special evening at the Hayward Gallery, South Bank centre on 24th November.