Tonight the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra​ and conductor Gavin Maloney present the Irish première of Ian Wilson’s Man-o'-War at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

The piece was described as “extremely disturbing and technically impressive” by the Independent on Sunday, Michael Dervan of the Irish Times wrote that it “unleashes orchestral violence with the abandon of Edgard Varèse” and praised the “strong performances from the NSO”.

We’ve prepared an audio excerpt and the full digital score for you; find them here.

Ian Wilson’s series Scoring History featuring the Vanbrugh Quartet takes audiences on a journey through 200 years of the string quartet canon. Focused on four individual themes – Folk, Distant Lands, Conflict and Solitudes – each of the four concerts is devised to “connect with some of the most important and transformative events in human history” (Ian Wilson).

Scoring History starts on 7 November and takes place every Friday of the month. Among the works performed will be two works from the UE catalogue:

Ian Wilson: towards the Far Country
for string quartet | 30'
14.11.2014, Engineering Library of the National Concert Hall; Vanbrugh Quartet

Ian Wilson: ...wander, darkling
for string quartet | 20'
21.11.2014, Engineering Library of the National Concert Hall; Vanbrugh Quartet