Classical Notes

Two Irish composers honoured for brilliant new works

Louise Mulcahy recently took the €15,000 Liam O’Flynn Award, while Maeve Kelly is winner of the Finding A Voice 2022 competition for works, which will be performed this year at the NCH and Clonmel Junction Arts Festival respectively

Louise Mulcahy, winner of the Liam O’Flynn Award 2022: the award also comes with the use of the NCH’s amenities to create a new work for later this year

Because of the stampede out of the blocks on all fronts in the music world – caused by a happy retreat of the pandemic – there has been a kind of desperation all round to get back on track with normal pre-Covid service resumed in terms of concerts and events.

This widespread anxiety was palpable and totally understandable, but it has meant that many important and exciting happenings have not received the attention they deserved ...