{"id":4879,"date":"2025-03-01T14:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T14:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/?post_type=events&#038;p=4879"},"modified":"2025-03-03T20:13:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:13:57","slug":"frank-corcoran-at-80","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/frank-corcoran-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Corcoran at 80!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3 March 2024 at 7.30pm<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Frank-Corcoran.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4886\" style=\"width:508px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Frank-Corcoran.webp 612w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Frank-Corcoran-287x300.webp 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The <strong>James Joyce Centre<\/strong> in association with<strong> Anna Livia Creative<\/strong> invites you to a celebratory concert of composer Frank Corcoran on <strong>Monday, March 3rd at 7.30pm<\/strong>. The concert features the composer and classical guitarist <strong>Benjamin Dwyer<\/strong>, and the leading Irish cellist<strong> Paul Grennan.<\/strong> Irish composer <strong>John Buckley<\/strong> will offer an appreciation of Corcoran\u2019s extraordinary life and work. Corcoran will be present and will join actor <strong>Nicole Rourke<\/strong> as narrators of a number of Corcoran\u2019s delightful poems. The concert also features a number of works inspired by James Joyce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programme<\/strong><br>Frank Corcoran: <em>Three Pieces for Guitar (1975)<\/em><br>Frank Corcoran: <em>Snap-shot (2010, for cello)<\/em><br>Frank Corcoran: <em>Seven Points about Joyce as an Irish Composer (a text narrated by Frank Corcoran)<\/em><br>Frank Corcoran: <em>Joyceana (2015, for cello)<\/em><br>Georg Hajdu: <em>To Market Music (2024, for guitar &amp; narrator; text by Frank Corcoran) Frank Corcoran &amp; Nicole Rourke narrating. Irish Premiere.<\/em><br>Frank Corcoran: <em>\u2018Agnus Dei\u2019 from Quasi Una Missa (1999, for tape)<\/em><br>Benjamin Dwyer: <em>Sing the Word Only (2024, for guitar &amp; narrator; text by Frank Corcoran) Frank Corcoran narrating. Irish Premiere.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Featuring<\/strong><br>Composer <em>Frank Corcoran<\/em><br>Guitarist-Composer\u00a0<em>Benjamin Dwyer<\/em><br>Cellist\u00a0<em>Paul Grennan<\/em><br>Actor <em>Nicole Rourke<\/em><br>Composer\u00a0<em>John Buckley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"4882\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/John-Buckley-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/John-Buckley-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/John-Buckley-1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"4881\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Paul-Grennan-cellist-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Paul-Grennan-cellist-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Paul-Grennan-cellist-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Paul-Grennan-cellist-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"4880\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwyerStravinsky-2-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwyerStravinsky-2-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwyerStravinsky-2-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwyerStravinsky-2-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwyerStravinsky-2-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwyerStravinsky-2-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Doors open at 7pm. The event is free but booking is essential.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The performance will be followed by a drink reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The James Joyce Centre is supported by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/en\/organisation\/department-of-tourism-culture-arts-gaeltacht-sport-and-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ie\/e\/frank-corcoran-at-80-tickets-1257148357579?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Tickets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4889,"parent":0,"template":"","event_cats":[13],"class_list":["post-4879","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-performance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Frank Corcoran at 80! - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Frank Corcoran at 80! - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Concert 3 March 2024 at 7.30pm The James Joyce Centre in association with Anna Livia Creative invites you to a celebratory concert of composer Frank Corcoran on Monday, March 3rd at 7.30pm. 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