"1942" - Benjamin Baker Album Launch

"1942" - Benjamin Baker Album Launch

Violinist Benjamin Baker’s new album with pianist Daniel Lebarhdt on Delphian Records is being released worldwide! Benjamin gave a wonderful performance of the violin concerto on the first CD of Ina Boyle's orchestral music, which was so important in Ina's revival. The album will be available on streaming services and as a physical CD.

Travelling: Re-imagining Irish Historical Works

Travelling: Re-imagining Irish Historical Works

Adrian Mantu, cellist and founder of the ConTempo Quartet (1995) in Galway has reimagined Boyle’s Elegy (1913) and Psalm (1927) using the typeset editions created as part of this project. The project aimed to reconceive and re-record a selection of historical Irish works originally written for cello and piano or cello and orchestra, this time for the unique combination of cello and accordion, with visual artwork.

International Virtual Conference 2020

“Women are not born to compose: Female Musical works from 1750 to 1950”

Organized by the Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française, Venice, Italy.

Dublin City University’s PhD Scholar, Orla Shannon, will give a paper entitled, ‘‘Gentle Miss Ina Boyle’ (1889–1967) and gender (mis)representation in Ireland’s canon of twentieth-century art song”, at this year’s International Virtual Conference on Saturday 28th November 2020.

No coward soul is mine

No coward soul is mine

Ina Boyle’s “No Coward Soul Is Mine“ has not seen much attention in the concert hall following its premiere in 1960, performed by mezzo-soprano Janet Baker. David Byers recent work, creating a new edition for String Quartet and Voice, seeks to re-establish the song’s importance in Ina’s catalogue and highlight its beauty.

Ina Boyle Songs to Be Recorded at Wigmore Hall

Ina Boyle Songs to Be Recorded at Wigmore Hall

The Ina Boyle Society has announced that a selection of the twentieth-century Irish composer Ina Boyle’s song for voice and piano will be recorded this autumn at the Wigmore Hall. The songs were originally meant to be recorded as part of a live concert at the Wigmore Hall on 29 October, but due to the pandemic it will be a recording instead.