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Apart
from theatre, Tom Cullivan has composed in almost all genres except
Opera. His catalogue includes a symphony, two piano concertos (the first
of which premiered in the National Concert Hall Dublin to an enthusiastic
reception in February1982), an extended set of variations for piano
and orchestra (which he himself premiered with the Galway Concert Orchestra
in 1999) and a number of shorter works for orchestra, notably a "Meditation
for Bassoon and Orchestra" and "The March of The
Pikemen" premiered by the Cork Symphony Orchestra, conducted
by Helen Sheehan in April 2002 and March 2003 respectively. The soloist
in the "Meditation" was the Galway bassoonist and
conductor, Michael Dooley to whom the composer's sonata for bassoon
and piano is dedicated and who gave the work its world premiere in Ludlow
in July 2003 accompanied by the Spanish pianist Claudia Vilias.
In addition to the bassoon sonata, Cullivan's chamber work includes
five piano sonatas, two sonatas for violin and piano, a sonata each
for viola and piano, and cello and piano, two string quartets and two
piano quintets. He has also written a variety of choral works, shorter
pieces and songs. His "Breffny Ballet" based on the
story "Nalla's Child" from Hunt's "Folk
Tales of Breffny" and incorporating the traditional mummers
play, was premiered by the Sylvia Behan Company at the Players Wills
Theatre, Dublin, in 1987.
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