Sounds of silence: Gerald Barry's Organ Concerto

Por Michael Roddy, 05 mayo 2018

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“a love song to the organ, but with ears wide open”

Crítica hecha desde National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin el 4 mayo 2018

Brahms, Variaciones sobre un tema de Haydn en si bemol mayor, Op.56a

Barry, Organ Concerto

Chaikovskiï, Sinfonía núm. 6 en si menor, "Patética", Op.74

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Michael Roddy

Michael Roddy is a freelance journalist based in Ireland who formerly covered the arts and entertainment world, as well as general and economic news, for Thomson Reuters. He has interviewed many of the world's leading conductors, singers and composers and has covered and reviewed operas, concerts and festivals throughout Europe.

Sounds of silence: Gerald Barry's Organ Concerto gets Dublin première