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Considerations for a modern performance of John Field's Piano Sonata op. 1 no. 1 in E flat Major
The wish to prepare John Field’s Piano Sonata op.1 no.1 in E flat major for a concert performance led the author to investigate and research the Urtext edition published by G. Henle Verlag (1983). As no autograph manuscript ... -
Interpretation and Performance: An Investigation into Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata in A major D959
The investigation is based on the understanding of the role of the performer as narrator in the performance of early nineteenth-century piano music in general and Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A Major, D959, in particular. ... -
Mirrors of monstrosity: the representation of the outcast in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes and Death in Venice
The figure of the monster is at the heart of Benjamin Britten’s operas. By orchestrating and dramatizing various outcast figures from the world of literature, Britten and his librettists have illustrated that the monster ... -
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Composition Portfolio
The following is a descriptive analysis and interpretation of a body of work spanning two years during my Masters of Music postgraduate course in the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. I will endeavor to give a broad ...
