#4764, With Úna Monaghan, From the 2023 Dublin New Music Festival

Composer and sound engineer Úna Monaghan is from Belfast, has roots in traditional Irish folk music and plays harp. Hear some of her new work for traditional instruments and electronics from her 2023 record Aonaracht, as well as the premiere of her work, "Little Auditoriums" as performed by the Crash Ensemble from the 2023 Dublin New Music Festival.

Monaghan’s work spans the fields of Irish traditional music, experimental music practices, improvisation and interactive technologies and tends to be collaborative – as in the six works on Aonaracht, recorded by Ireland’s foremost musicians. Additionally, listen to her work for harp and electronics from her 2018 album, For. Plus, there's a piece she recorded with Berlin-based American composer Lyra Pramuk, and a sample of a speech-to-song work from Gerry Diver. - Caryn Havlik

Program #4764, With Úna Monaghan, from the 2023 Dublin New Music Festival (First aired 6/21/23)

ARTIST: Crash Ensemble, Ryan Adams, cond.
WORK: Úna Monaghan: Little Auditoriums, excerpt [1:00]
RECORDING: The Studio, National Concert Hall, Dublin, April 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: unamonaghan.com | newmusicdublin.ie

ARTIST: Crash Ensemble, Ryan Adams, cond.
WORK: Úna Monaghan: Little Auditoriums, conclusion [1:41]
RECORDING: The Studio, National Concert Hall, Dublin, April 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: unamonaghan.com | newmusicdublin.ie

ARTIST: Úna Monaghan
WORK: Réalta [6:27]
RECORDING: For
SOURCE: Úna Monaghan
INFO: https://unamonaghan.bandcamp.com/album/for

ARTIST: Úna Monaghan
WORK: What Haven't We Heard? [8:07]
RECORDING: Aonaracht
SOURCE: Úna Monaghan
INFO: unamonaghan.bandcamp.com/album/aonaracht

ARTIST: Úna Monaghan
WORK: The Chinwag [5:54]
RECORDING: Aonaracht
SOURCE: Úna Monaghan
INFO: unamonaghan.bandcamp.com/album/aonaracht

ARTIST: Gerry Diver 
WORK: Old Time Musicians [2:18]
RECORDING: The Speech Project
SOURCE: gerrydiver.bandcamp.com
INFO: gerrydiver.com

ARTIST: Úna Monaghan and Lyra Pramuk
WORK: Canter [3:52]
RECORDING: Canter
SOURCE/INFO: unamonaghan.bandcamp.com/track/canter

ARTIST: Úna Monaghan with Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, piano & voice
WORK: Traditional Architecture [1:07]
RECORDING: Aonaracht
SOURCE: Úna Monaghan
INFO: unamonaghan.bandcamp.com/album/aonaracht

ARTIST: Úna Monaghan
WORK: Nanny Nora's & The Clean Player [3:56]
RECORDING: For
SOURCE: Úna Monaghan
INFO: https://unamonaghan.bandcamp.com/album/for

ARTIST: Siobhan Cleary, ft. Úna Monaghan
WORK: Abhartach (Ray Mix) [2:00]
RECORDING: Abhartach
SOURCE: youtube.com
INFO: https://www.siobhancleary.com/