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Collection name Charles Acton Collection: Box 31 (1970-85)
Unique identifier Acton Gift 31
Description A collection of 68 programmes from concerts performed by the New Irish Chamber Orchestra from 1970 to 1985.

Leaders: Mary Gallagher (1970-1980); Therese Timoney (1981-
Conductors: Andre Prieur (1970- ); John Beckett (29/4/78); Bryden Thomson (16/12/79); Janos Furst (27/4/80); Kenneth Montgomery (1/3/80); John Dexter (12/11/80); Nicholas Kraemer (7/4/81); Proinnsi as O Duinn (10/5/81); Janos Furst (26/6/82); Nicholas Cleobury (11/7/82); David Robertson (26/9/82); Hugh Maguire (14/11/82); Nicholas Kraemer (23/1/83); Maurice Bourgue (8/5/83); Janos Furst (17/7/83); Gearoid Grant (12/6/83) ; Ronald Zollman (29/5/83); Andre Bernard (2/10/83); Maurice Bourgue (5/2/84); Igor Oistrakh (4/3/84); Robert Houlihan (1/4/84); Janos Furst (15/7/84); Marc Ducani (14/10/84); Proinnsi as O Duinn (18/11/84); John Lubbock (3/2/85); Andre Bernard (3/3/85); David Jones (12/3/85); Andre Prieur (18/5/85)
Directed by Iona Brown (28/1/81); Josef Sivo (1/3/81); Nicholas Kraemer (22/9/85)

Performances were held in the Examination Hall, Trinity College; St. Patrick's Cathedral; St. Audeon's Church; St. Francis Xavier Hall; RDS Concert Hall; Castletown, Celbridge; The National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace.

Tenth Anniversary Concert on 18/5/80.
15th Birthday Concert on 18/5/85.


Unassociated programme included with the collection is:
5/10/[year unknown]: St. Ann's Church: Organ recital by William Watson.
Date range 1970 - 1985
Associated People and Organisations Acton, Charles - Beckett, John - Bernard, Andre - Bourgue, Maurice - Brown, Iona - Cleobury, Nicholas - Dexter, John - Ducani, Marc - Fürst, Janos - Gallagher, Mary - Grant, Gearoid - Houlihan, Robert - Jones, David - Kraemer, Nicholas - Lubbock, John - Maguire, Hugh - Montgomery, Kenneth - New Irish Chamber Orchestra - Ó Duinn, Proinnsías - Oistrakh, Igor - Prieur, Andre - Robertson, David - Sivó, Josef - Thomson, Bryden - Timoney, Thérèse - Watson, William J. - Zollman, Ronald -
Associated Places Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin National Concert Hall, Earlsford Terrace, Dublin RDS Concert Hall St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, Dublin St. Audeon's Church, High Street, Dublin St. Francis Xavier Hall, Upper Sherrard Street St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Dublin
Associated Times 20th century - late 1971-1999
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Collections Overview The National Library of Ireland has two collections consisting mainly of printed sheet music from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. These include much material from the mainsteam western classical music tradition, but also material relating to little known Irish composers. The names of the two collections are the Joly Music Collection and the Additional Music collection. In addition the Library has a small but significant collection of music manuscripts. The general printed collections include some Irish ballad, folk-music and popular song collections.
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