Dave Flynn - Composer and Musician
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                    • Aontacht
                      • Music for the Departed (version for fiddle, violin, guitar & strings 2010)
                        • The Man from Maghera Rambles Through Africa
                          • Mesh
                            • Echoes of Bamako
                              • An Irish Farrago
                                • ‘The Mountain Lark/Tom Doherty’s Reel’
                                • Ensemble Works>
                                  • Le Chéile is in Aonar
                                    • Stories from the Old World
                                      • Manipulations
                                        • Polymetric Cycles
                                        • String Quartets>
                                          • Quartet No.3 - The Keening
                                            • Quartet No.2 - The Cranning
                                              • Quartet No.1 - Fairground Attractions
                                              • Guitar Quartets>
                                                • Sebene
                                                  • Against Feldman
                                                    • Cran Óg
                                                      • Kora
                                                        • Chimurenga
                                                        • Chamber Works>
                                                          • Quirks>
                                                            • Quirk No.7
                                                              • Quirk No.6
                                                                • Quirk No.5
                                                                  • Quirk No.4
                                                                    • Quirk No.3
                                                                      • Quirk No.2
                                                                        • Quirk No.1
                                                                        • Errigal Suite
                                                                          • Music for the Departed (Trio version)
                                                                            • Ómos do Frankie Kennedy
                                                                              • Tar Eís an Cran
                                                                                • 7/11
                                                                                • Solo Guitar Works>
                                                                                  • An Irish Raga
                                                                                    • The Mahatma of the Glen
                                                                                      • Four Études for Five Fingers
                                                                                        • Three Gymn O’Paddy’s
                                                                                          • 5to9
                                                                                            • Two Minimalist Etudes
                                                                                              • Passacaglia
                                                                                                • Rainstorm
                                                                                                  • Homage Sonatina
                                                                                                    • Rollercoaster
                                                                                                    • Miscellaneous Solo Works>
                                                                                                      • The Longest Reel (Solo Fiddle)
                                                                                                        • Tar Éis an Caoineadh (Solo violin/fiddle)
                                                                                                          • Five Études for Uilleann Pipes
                                                                                                            • 7/11 (piano)
                                                                                                              • 12 Tone Bach (piano)
                                                                                                                • Hyper-Reel (Percussion)
                                                                                                                • Vocal/Choral Works>
                                                                                                                  • Protest Song; Chanson de Protestation; Amhrán Agóid; Protesta Cancion
                                                                                                                    • Liadain agus Cuirithir
                                                                                                                      • Taibhreamh Ó Ríada
                                                                                                                        • Full Circle
                                                                                                                          • Two Nonsense Songs
                                                                                                                            • I Have Always Known
                                                                                                                            • Electro-Acoustic Works>
                                                                                                                              • The Forest of Ornaments
                                                                                                                                • The Valley of the Lunatics
                                                                                                                                  • Electric Guichair
                                                                                                                                • Irish Tune Compositions>
                                                                                                                                  • Byrne's Daughter's - Highland
                                                                                                                                    • Hassett's Hornpipe
                                                                                                                                      • The Martin-Lina Rumba Reel
                                                                                                                                        • The MAWFE
                                                                                                                                          • Sibelius' Reel
                                                                                                                                            • Simple and Strange
                                                                                                                                              • Tourish's Tour Around the Box
                                                                                                                                                • A Tune for Charlie
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                                                                                                                                                              Chamber Works


                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              Quirk No.7 ‘Slides, Cuts, Rolls and Crans’ (2011) fl, cl/bass cl, variable duration.
                                                                                                                                                              Premiered by Concorde, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. 13 November 2011.
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              Quirk No.6b ‘Toccata for Obama’ (2010) alto sax, gtr. - 4’
                                                                                                                                                              Premiered by Gerard McChrystal (sax) and Craig Ogden (gtr). October 2010. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
                                                                                                                                                              Published by Reed Music. (RM758)
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              Quirk No.6 ‘Toccata for Obama’ (2009) vln, gtr.- 4’
                                                                                                                                                              Premiered by Ioana Petcu-Colan (vln) and Dave Flynn (gtr). March 2009, Gheorghe Dima Academy, Cluj, Romania.

                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              ‘Errigal Suite’ (2007) Traditional Irish musician (variable), 2 gtr. – 15’
                                                                                                                                                              Premiered by Clive Carroll (steel string guitar), John Feeley (nylon guitar) and Alec O’Leary (nylon guitar). July 2007. Walton’s Guitar Festival of Ireland, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.

                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              ‘Music for the Departed’ (2006) – Irish fiddle, violin and guitar. – 22’
                                                                                                                                                              Premiered by Martin Hayes (fiddle), Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin) and Dennis Cahill (guitar). August 2006. Masters of Tradition Festival, Bantry House, Cork.

                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              ‘Omós do Frankie Kennedy’ (2006) – fl, gtr. 10’.
                                                                                                                                                              Premiered by Aisling Agnew (flute) and Dave Flynn (guitar). June 2006, Cabinteely Park House, Dublin.
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              ‘Tar Éis an Cran’ (2005) vln, pf or hpd. 5’. Unperformed.
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              ‘7/11’ (2003) – pf (4 hands). 14’. Unperformed.

                                                                                                                                                              Quirk No.5 ‘Horrific Spasm’ (2002/2004) – 6’. (fl/picc, Bbcl/Ebcl, vn, pf, xyl/vib). Unperformed.
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              Quirk No.4 ‘Between the Jigs and the Reels’ (2004) vln, pf. 8’.
                                                                                                                                                              Premiered by Eugen Cibisescu-Duran (vn), Iulia Cibisescu-Duran (pf). April 2006. Gheorghe Dima Music Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              Quirk No.3 ‘Goss Face’ (2004) afl, ob, eb cl, sop sax, gtr. 5’. Unperformed.
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              Quirk No.2 ‘Shadowplay’ fl, gtr. (2002) 7’.
                                                                                                                                                              Premiered by Aisling Agnew (fl), Dave Flynn (gtr). May 2004, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              Quirk No.1b ‘Show me those jazz hands’ (2002) vln, vcl. 3’.
                                                                                                                                                              Premiered by Michael Jorgenson (vn), and Adrianne Winninsky (vc). May 2004. Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                              Quirk No.1a ‘Show me those jazz hands’ (2000) fl, cl. 3’.
                                                                                                                                                              Premiered by Concorde. December 2001. Goethe Institute, Dublin.
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