Ireland mourns its premier musician

Ireland mourns its premier musician

RIP

norman lebrecht

November 10, 2021

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra has announced the death of John Kinsella, a treasured composer for many years and, for a while, RTÉ Head of Music. John was 89.

His 11th symphony was premiered by the orchestra in November 2019.

 

 

 

Comments

  • Mivhael Wilkinson says:

    This underplays his significance as Ireland’s finest recent symphonist – his death is a huge loss to Irish music and culture. RIP.

  • Rob says:

    Listening to the first Symphony, pretty nice.

  • Frank Flambeau says:

    An Alfred Brendel look-alike.

  • Una says:

    This is an enormous loss to Ireland.

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