Donnacha Dennehy: The Hunger review – Innovative exploration of the Famine
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The Hunger review: An opera let down by its musical material
The composer Donnacha Dennehy struggles to convey the horrors of the Great Famine
The Hunger: A mixed-media opera about the Famine
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Michael Dervan: Two evenings of music and words as part of Ireland 2016 got me thinking about the links that were missed
‘What isn’t music?’ Kilkenny ponders the big questions
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