​Michelle O’Rourke, soprano Richard Allen, harpist ​Deirdre Gribbin Scattered Earth Ed Bennett Journal Songs 2020 (for voice and harp) Grounded is a project originally inspired by soprano Juliet Fraser's commitment to travelling entirely by land and sea, eschewing air travel entirely. As the works were commissioned, and the project took shape, Grounded has widened its meaning through the pandemic to reflect the way that we are all now held on the ground until such time as we can begin to move again - physically, emotionally and metaphorically. The new works by Ed Bennett and Deirdre Gribbin were commissioned with the generous support of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and the project was developed with the assistance of CMC.

Judith Ring (b. 1976 ) Swelt Belly at Dawn (9’) 2013 Donnacha Dennehy (b. 1970) Paddy (8’) 2003 Amanda Feery (b. 1984 Kissing the Ground (5’) 2015 John McLachlan (b. 1964) Headland (11’) 2021 World Premiere/New Music Dublin 2021 Commission Keith Pascoe, Violin Nathan Sherman, Viola Yseult Cooper Stockdale, Cello Bill Dowdall, Flutes Paul Roe, Clarinets John Ahearne, Bassoon Isabelle O’Connell, Piano Alex Petcu, Percussion Further Information https://www.newmusicdublin.ie/evlana-presents-constellations-1

Gráinne Mulvey (b. 1966) Sun of Orient Crimson with Excess of Light (11’) 2020 Elaine Agnew (b. 1967 ) hhmmm… (5’) 2012 Linda Buckley (b. 1979) revelavit (10’) 2011 Ian Wilson (b. 1964) Cetiri Kamena (4’) 2012 Sylvia O’Brien, soprano Beth McNinch, Viola Paul Roe, Clarinets Isabelle O’Connel, Piano Further Information https://www.newmusicdublin.ie/evlana-presents-constellations-2

Deirdre McKay (b. 1972) a quarter million miles from the moon (6’) 2016 Jane Deasy (b. 1989 ) Supple Music (5’) 2021 World Premiere John Buckley (b. 1951) Constellations (10’) 2009 Raymond Deane (b. 1953) Tristia (11’) 1980 Sylvia O’Brien, Soprano Keith Pascoe, Violin Beth McNinch, Viola Yseult Cooper Stockdale, Cello Bill Dowdall, Flutes Paul Roe, Clarinets Isabelle O’Connell, Piano Brian Dungan, Percussion Further Information https://www.newmusicdublin.ie/evlana-presents-constellations-3

Paul Herriott presents from the stage of the National Concert Hall where the musicians of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra perform two new RTÉ NSO commissions by Anne-Marie O’Farrell and Irene Buckley at New Music Dublin 2021. The programme will also include a performance of Caroline Shaw's 'Entr'acte' in the version for string orchestra. Visit the New Music Dublin website for more information https://www.newmusicdublin.ie/rte-nso Irene Buckley: Awakening Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte Anne-Marie O'Farrell: Eitilt David Brophy (conductor) RTE National Symphony Orchestra Paul Herriott (presenter)

Ruth Morley, flute Laura Bowler, vocalist Deirdre McKay Postcards from a Fragile Planet Ellie Cherry Unearthing your Emotions in Four Phases Carmel Smickersgill More Laura Bowler Wicked Problems Gaia is the Greek Mother Earth goddess.  New works celebrating our natural world by Laura Bowler, Deirdre McKay and Carmel Smickersgill.  Deirdre McKay's Postcards from a Fragile Planet responds to the current climate emergency. Carmel Smickersgill's More explores the relationship between a dependent and the person or thing on which they depend.  Wicked Problems sets text from Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology. The flute and voice find themselves entangled in loops, gasping for air and incessantly thrown forward into the uncertainly interminable. Many thanks to Timothy Morton for his permission to set this extract of text.  Co-commissioned by sound, New Music Dublin, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Royal Northern College of Music. Supported by PRS Foundation's Beyond Borders programme.

Join us for six World Premieres of Brass Quintets live from the Organ Room of the RIAM, part of New Music Dublin 2021. William Chester Turas Laoich Conor Cuffe Mr. Mulligan Sigrid Anita Haugen The Trickster Jack Mahony Juno Anselm McDonnell Rasp Aran O'Grady Fanfare for Precedented Times ​ Dublin based brass quintet Earlsfort Brass will present six "nuggets" for Brass Quintet. The six pieces performed will return to New Music Dublin 2022 expanded and re-imagined as accessible works for Brass Band. The selected composers will work alongside Andy Duncan and members of The Wallace Collection in developing these compositions over 12 months and work with five youth bands across the island of Ireland. Earlsfort Brass Quintet Colm Byrne and David Collins, Trumpets Cormac Ó hAodáin, French horn Gavin Roche, trombone Francis Magee, tuba

Three brand new works from Darragh Kelly, Gemma Doherty and Ultan O’Brien as part of Free State 13, commissioned by Crash and NMD, alongside [REACTIONS]- new music from Anselm McDonnell, Sean Ó Dalaigh, Rachel Lavelle and Stephen Shannon (Mount Alaska) set to film by videographer Laura Sheeran. Crash Ensemble Ryan McAdams Conductor​ Further Information https://www.newmusicdublin.ie/crash-ensemble-free-state-13-1 ​

RTÉ Concert Orchestra Mia Cooper, leader Natasa Paulberg Atomic Hope I: Electron II: Proton III: Neutron IV: Atomic Hope An orchestral piece of music exploring the component parts of the atom as a metaphor of our current human experience. The themes of the work express the variable and fluctuating nature of our existence spanning activity, connectivity, dormancy, and ultimately hope. Recorded remotely at home, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra performs Atomic Hope by Natasa Paulberg. This is the second time the RTÉ CO has worked with Paulberg, having recorded her soundtrack to the TV documentary The Great Hunger in 2020. Atomic Hope contains four movements which symbolically associate the structure of the atom and our current human experience. Humankind, like the atom, is composed of many unique parts that on coming together create a greater whole. The first movement describes the busyness of life and industry through interweaving lines of rhythmic complexity building into a dense texture. Progressing to the second movement the experience of community, family and the interconnectedness of people is represented. This all comes to a sudden halt in movement three where we find ourselves separated, alone in a sparseness that teeters on despair and isolation. From this sense of inertia emerge isolated parts, disjointed initially that slowly merge to again become a whole – different from before, but again as one, an atomic hope. Commissioned by RTÉ and New Music Dublin

Crash Ensemble Larissa O'Grady, violin Lisa Dowdall, viola Kate Ellis, cello Caimin Gilmore, double bass Susan Doyle, flutes Macdara Ó Seireadáin, clarinet Deirdre O'Leary, bass clarinet Colm O'Hara, trombone Alex Petcu, percussion Barry O'Halpin, guitar Maire Carroll, piano Ryan McAdams, Conductor Jack Phelan, visuals ‘Wingform’ (2017–2020) is an hour-length work in four movements, with solo electric guitar passages as connective tissue. It serves as the culmination of Barry O’Halpin’s period as Crash Ensemble’s composer-in-residence, alongside his first few years as Crash guitarist. Further Information https://www.newmusicdublin.ie/crash-ensemble-wingform

This Is The Space//Part II features the world premiere of Free State 13 works by Robert Coleman and Lara Gallagher commissioned by Crash and NMD, alongside [REACTIONS] - new music from Amy Rooney, Bébhinn McDonnell (SYLK) and Deirdre Gribbin set to film by videographer Laura Sheeran, and the film premiere of INVITATION TO A JOURNEY with music by Deirdre Gribbin and film by Eoin Heaney. Crash Ensemble Ryan McAdams Conductor Further Information https://www.newmusicdublin.ie/crash-ensemble-free-state-13-2

The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Fresh Start Fund was initiated as a response to the COVID shutdown of live arts and TV production activities, as part of which the Classic and Jazz Music strand of the Fresh Start Fund commissioned 25 new works/collections of works, including projects from Australian First Nations artists. New Music Dublin is delighted to present four of these works as part of our 2021 programme, as the first step in what we hope will become a long-term collaborative artistic relationship with new music-makers in Australia over the coming years. Even though we are unable to journey to each others' places, we can still travel together with them through our music-making. ​The four works presented are: William Barton and Veronique Serret: Kalkani (Eagle) (2020) Nardi Simpson: Of Stars and Birds (2020) Andrew Batterham: Trumpet Concerto (2020) (2nd Mvmnt) Natalie Nicolas: The Shift (2020) This presentation is made possible with the generous help and support of ABC Classic. We are very grateful indeed for the assistance and guidance of Stephen Adams, Janine Marshman, Gail Henry, Ian McGlynn, Genevieve Lacey, Paul Mason and Patricia Flynn.

Chamber Choir Ireland Andrew Synnott, Conductor David Fennessy (Ireland b. 1976) chOirland Caroline Shaw (USA b. 1982) and the swallow (Irish premiere) Pablo Ortiz (Argentina b.1956) Leaving Limerick in the Rain (EU premiere) Rhona Clarke (Ireland b.1958) A Bit of Nonsense (World Premiere) Ed Bennett (Ireland b.1975) No Noise, Nor silence (but one equal music) (World Premiere) David Fennessy (Ireland b.1976) Ne Reminiscaris (Remember Not) Siobhán Cleary (Ireland b. 1970) Theophilus Thistle and the Myth of Miss Muffet Headlining the programme with David Fennessy’s chOirland – written for Chamber Choir Ireland in 2002, the programme is made up of everything from John Donne to nonsense text and tongue twisters. Programmed by CCI’s Artistic Director, Paul Hillier, and following on from CCI’s 2021 St Patrick’s Day series ‘Celebrating Irish Composers’, we revisit some of the highlights of Chamber Choir Ireland’s Irish commissions with Siobhán Cleary’s Theophilus Thistle and the Myth of Miss Muffet, and David Fennessy’s Ne Reminiscaris from Triptych – recorded on the Naxos 2020 release Letters, and introduces the world premiere of Ed Bennett’s No Noise, Nor Silence (co-commissioned with Music For Galway/Galway 2020) and Rhona Clarke’s A Bit of Nonsense, as well as the Irish premiere of Caroline Shaw’s and the swallow and Pablo Ortiz’s Leaving Limerick in the Rain with text from Richard Blanco’s poem of the same name. Further Information https://www.newmusicdublin.ie/chamber-choir-ireland

The world premiere of ‘Metamold’ by the 2019 Barlow Prize Winner, Bekah Simms and the world premiere of ‘Images & Sensations’ by Irish producer and DJ Ellen King (ELLLL), a Crash Ensemble & New Music Dublin co-commission alongside [REACTIONS] - new music from David Fennessy and Anna Murray set to film by videographer Laura Sheeran. Crash Ensemble Ryan McAdams Conductor Further Information https://www.newmusicdublin.ie/crash-granulated-frequencies