Welcome to the online home of the Dublin Gay Music Group. Here you'll find information about the Group, beginning on this page with the schedule for our sessions this month. You can also view other months, which is an ideal way to spot gaps which you can fill by offering to host or taking a Presenter spot (just send an email, or add changes to the printed version at one of our sessions).
DGMG Online
2015
See the weekly
schedule sheet for
host-contact
information
View or download the 2015 Anniversaries summary sheet
HOST
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
January
31
Séamus
Séamus
24
Paul
David
17
Jim
Dermot
10
Roy
Jim
03
Dermot
[Theme: Operettas & Musicals]
Ken
ANNIVERSARIES
2nd Carl Goldmark, 100d | 19th Simon Rattle, 60th | 29th Georg Christoph Wagenseil, 300d
February
28
Jim
Roy
07
Roy
Brian
14
Jim
CANCELLED
21
Ken
Peadar
ANNIVERSARIES
12th Charles-Emile Waldteufel, 100d | 19th Luigi Dallapiccola, 40d
March
28
Dermot *
Eamon
07
Ken
Ken
14
Jim
Dermot & Paul
Spring Concert
21
Roy
Brian
ANNIVERSARIES
14th Gerard Victory, 20d | 20th Sviatoslav Richter, 100b | 26th Pierre Boulez, 90th
* Herbert Avenue
April
04
No session today (Easter weekend)
25
Ken
Jim
11
Jim
David
18
Roy
Ken
ANNIVERSARIES
9th Aulis Sallinen, 80th | 27th Alexander Scriabin, 100d
May
30
Roy
Dermot
23
Jim
Paul
16
Ken
Ken
09
Tom
Tom
02
Jim
Séamus
ANNIVERSARIES
4th George Enescu, 60d | 7th Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 175b | 8th Luigi Nono, 25d
9th Anne Sofie von Otter, 60th | 27th Nicolò Paganini, 175d
June
06
No session today (for one reason and another)
13
Ken
Eamon & Ken
Summer Concert
20
Jim
Tom NY
NIELSEN DAY
27
No session today (Pride and non-availability)
ANNIVERSARIES
9th CARL NIELSEN, 150b + Albéric Magnard, 150b | 13th David Diamond, 10d
18th Joan Trimble, 100b | 19th Sergey Taneyev, 100d | 24th Terry Riley, 80th
July
25
Roy
Ron
04
Roy
Theme: America!
Tom NY
11
Ken
Roy
18
Jim
Séamus
ANNIVERSARIES
9th David Diamond, 100b | 19th Evelyn Glennie, 50th | 27th Mikis Theodorakis, 90th
August
01
Jim
Jim
08
No session today (Kilkenny Arts Festival)
29
Jim
Liam
22
Roy
Tom NY
15
Dermot
Ken
ANNIVERSARIES
5th Hans Gál, 125b | 10th Alexander Glazunov, 150b + Giya Kancheli, 80th
26th Humphrey Searle, 100b | 28th Ivor Gurney, 125b | 31st Itzhak Perlman, 70th
September
05
No session today [general awayness]
26
Jim
David
12
Tom F
Séamus
19
Roy
Dermot & Brian
Autumn Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Seiji Ozawa, 80th | 11th Arvo Pärt, 80th | 20th Siegfried Behrend 25d
October
10
Jim
Dermot
03
Dermot
Tom NY
17
No session today. 20th Anniversary dinner later on.
31
Tom F
Tom F
Look what date it is!
24
Ken
Séamus
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Paul Dukas, 150b | 14th Leonard Bernstein, 25d
November
28
Ken
Peadar
07
Jim
Jim
14
Dermot
Ken
21
Roy
Brian
ANNIVERSARIES
6th Edgard Varèse, 50d | 9th César Franck, 125b | 26th Earl Wild, 100b
27th Helmut Lachenmann, 80th
December
05
Jim
SIBELIUS DAY
12
Ron
Winter Concert
19
Roy
Theme: Christmas music
Roy
26
No session today (St Stephen's Day)
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Aaron Copland, 25d | 8th JEAN SIBELIUS, 150b + Bohuslav Martinu, 125b
9th Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 100b | 12th Frank Sinatra, 100b | 21st Niels Wilhelm Gade, 125d
PRESENTER / SPECIAL EVENT / NOTE
HOST
What’s On
NATIONAL CONCERT HALL
03 Dec 20:00 Palestrina Choir, Marlborough Baroque, Blánaid Murphy. Festive carol selection
04 Dec 13:05 DIT Chamber Choir, Bernie Sherlock. Festive music and carols (JFR)
04 Dec 20:00 Soloists (inc. Robin Tritschler), NSOI, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, Cristian Măcelaru. Missa solemnis
06 Dec 20:00 Celine Byrne Christmas Gala. Opera and Operetta favourites and Christmas favourites
07 Dec 18:00 Claudia Boyle (soprano), St Bridget's NS Choir, Dublin Brass Ensemble, Culwick Choral Society, Bernie Sherlock. Music, songs and carols including Cecilia McDowall's A Winter's Night (Christmas Cantata)
08 Dec 13:05 NSOI, Christopher Bell. Christmas concert
08 Dec 20:00 Aoife NicCormaic, Concert Orchestra. Sunday Miscellany at Christmas
NCH (continued)
09, 10, 11 Dec 20:00 Soloists, Our Lady's Choral Society, Proinsias Ó Duinn. The Messiah
12 Dec 20:00 Sibelius Violin Competition Winner, Helsinki Philharmonic, John Storgårds. Sibelius: En Saga, Violin Concerto, Karelia Suite, Symphony No. 7
14 Dec 20:00 Concert Orchestra. A Night in Vienna
15 Dec 13:05 Kate Allen, Helena Wood, NSOI, Gavin Moloney. Rimsky-Korsakov, Handel, Vivaldi etc
17 Dec 15:30, 20:00 Cara O'Sullivan, NSOI, Conductor to be announced. Rossini, Handel, Dvorak, Rossini etc
21 Dec 13:05 New Dublin Voices, Bernie Sherlock. Christmas Concert
31 Dec 22:00 Julian Ovenden (vocalist), Concert Orchestra, Neil Thomson. New Year's Eve Gala
IRISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
10, 11 Feb 19:30, 20:00 Ailish Tynan, Gábor Takács-Nagy. Pergolesi, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert (Mansion House)
IRISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
11 Dec 19:30 Roisin O’Grady (soprano), Roderick Morris (counter tenor), Peter Davoren (tenor)and Samuel Evans (bass), Resurgam. The Messiah. Chri Church
CHAMBER CHOIR IRELAND
05 Dec 20:00 Rheinberger, Pärt, Poulenc etc. Christ Church
LIVE FROM THE MET
16 Jan 17:00 The Pearlfishers
30 Jan 18:00 Turandot
05 Mar 18:05 Manon Lescaut
02 Apr 18:00 Madama Butterfly
16 Apr 18:00 Roberto Devereux
30 Apr 18:00 Elektra
LIVE FROM COVENT GARDEN
10 Dec 19:15 Cav & Pag
04 Feb 18:45 La Traviata
21 Mar 19:15 Boris Godunov
25 Apr 19:15 Lucia di Lammermoor
27 Jun 19:00 Werther