Music for Orchestra

Music for Strings (1952)
Fp 10 December 1952; Dublin Orchestral Players, Brian Boydell (cond.); Metropolitan Hall, Dublin

Movement for Orchestra (1956)
Fp 21 July 1956; Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Milan Horvat (cond.); Phoenix Hall, Dublin

Salve, Maria Virgo (1957)
Fp 27 October 1957; Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Milan Horvat (cond.); Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

Symphony no.1 (1959)
Fp 23 October 1960; Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Hans Müller-Kray (cond.); Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

Divertimento (1961)
Fp 15 June 1962; Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Tibor Paul (cond.); Phoenix Hall, Dublin

Chamber Symphony no.1 (1964)
Fp (broadcast) 6 October 1964; Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Tibor Paul (cond.) Fp (public) 7 February 1965; Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Tibor Paul (cond.). The composer made a recording of the work with the RÉSO in 1964 prior to the first broadcast performance. The recording was made especially for the 1964 UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers in Paris.

Configurations (1967)
Fp 29 January 1967; Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Tibor Paul (cond.); Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

A Small White Cloud Drifts Over Ireland (1975)
Fp 5 January 1976; Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Proinnsías Ó Duinn (cond.); Francis Xavier Hall, Dublin

I Have Loved the Lands of Ireland (Symphony no.2) (1980)
Fp 9 January 1981; Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Colman Pearce (cond.); Royal Dublin Society

Links to each of the 7 Movements in a recording by Robert Houlihan:

BBC Philharmonic Recording of ‘I have Loved the Lands of Ireland’ BBC Philharmonic cond. Bryden Thomson 

Chamber Symphony no.2 (1982)
Fp 17 June 1982; Ulysses Ensemble, Seóirse Bodley (cond.); Carroll’s Building, Grand Parade, Dublin

Celebration Music (Orchestral Version, 1984, see CHAMBER MUSIC)
Fp 21 September 1984; Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, Colman Pearce (cond.); National Concert Hall, Dublin

Symphony no.4 (1991)
Fp 21 June 1991; Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Emilia-Romagna ‘Arturo Toscanini’, Josè Ramon Encinar (cond.); Teatro Farnese, Parma, Italy

Symphony no.5 (The Limerick Symphony) (1991)
Fp 1 October 1991; Radio Telefís Éireann Concert Orchestra, Proinnsías Ó Duinn (cond.); Jetland Festival Centre, Limerick

Sinfonietta (2000)
Fp 24 July 2000; National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, En Shao (cond.); University Concert Hall, Limerick, Mecklenburg Vorpommern (29.7); Expo 2000 (31.7); Berlin Konzerthaus (02.8), Conzertgebouw Amsterdam (05.8)

Metamorphoses on the name Schumann (2004)
Fp 23 April 2004; National Symphony Orchestra, Gerhard Markson (cond.); National Concert Hall, Dublin