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SOUND OUT WITH IAN MCGLYNN

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Walter Willson Cobbett was an illustrious businessman and amateur violinist, whose interests in chamber music led to commissions for Britten, Bridge and Vaughan Williams. His annual ‘Cobbett Competition’ advanced the careers of many emerging composers and tonight we explore a new album from the Berkeley Ensemble which brings the competition back to support today’s emerging composers. We’ll also hear the latest release by Northumberland-based composer John Casken, settings of early Anglo-Saxon texts recorded with the Hilliard Ensemble.

RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 18th August, 9pm-10pm