Classical Notes: Joyce’s love of music at heart of Ulysses centenary year

Ulysses Journey 2022, a collaboration between the the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland and the Centre Culturel Irlandais, will celebrate the role of music in James Joyce’s literary classic with six new music and film co-commissions

James Joyce and Nora Barnacle in Zurich: to celebrate the centenary of Ulysses, the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland and the Centre Culturel Irlandais are running an assortment of new films and concerts until June

As the centenary year of James Joyce’s Ulysses begins, it’s heart-warming to see so much activity at home and abroad that celebrates the role of music in this literary classic.

The Contemporary Music Centre Ireland (CMC) has teamed up with Centre Culturel Irlandais (CCI) to create an Irish-French axis called Ulysses Journey 2022, an assortment of new films and concerts running until June.

Highlighting Ulysses’s connections with France (where it was published) and Hungary (where ...