Search results
Frank Corcoran (/ ˈ k ɔːr k ər ən / KOR-kər-ən; born 1 May 1944) is an Irish composer. His output includes chamber, symphonic, choral and electro-acoustic music, through which he often explores Irish mythology and history.
Born in Tipperary in 1944, Frank Corcoran studied at Dublin, Maynooth, Rome and Berlin. He was a music inspector for the Irish government Department of Education from 1971 to 1979, after which he took up a composer fellowship at the Berlin Künstlerprogramm in West Berlin.
Mar 6, 2019 · A short interview with composer Frank Corcoran, who turns 75 in May of 2019. His new work - concerto for clarinet and orchestra - will be performed in New York on 17 March by Sammy Lesnick...
Mar 13, 2013 · Recording: Frank Corcoran Symphonies. National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Colman Pearce. Marco Polo 1999. 8.225107. Symphony No. 3 (1994) 3333 4331 timp 3 perc hrp str MS17′ Premiere: 30 January 2001. National Concert Hall, Dublin. National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conductor Richard Pittman. Recording: Frank Corcoran ...
FRANK CORCORAN. Life. “I came late to art music; childhood soundscapes live on. The best work with imagination/intellect must be exorcistic-laudatory-excavatory. I am a passionate believer in “Irish” dream-landscape, two languages, polyphony of history, not ideology or programme. No Irish composer has yet dealt adequately with our past.
Frank Corcoran was born in Tipperary and studied in Dublin, Maynooth, Rome and Berlin (with Boris Blacher). He was the first Irish composer to have his ‘Symphony No. 1’ (1980) premiered in Vienna. He was a music inspector for the Department of Education in Ireland from 1971 to 1979.
People also ask
Who is Frank Corcoran?
Who is Christopher Corcoran?
Who is Rev William Corcoran?
What is Corcoran's history?
Oct 29, 2020 · Frank Corcoran believes in composing music of the Irish dream or landscape, as opposed to ideological or programmatic music. Born in Tipperary in 1944, he studied in Dublin, Maynooth,...
