Crash @ the Beckett

Crash Ensemble are at the Samuel Beckett Theatre TCD on Fri 5 March with the fifth in their series of annual Free State concerts. The focus this time is on new music from upcoming Irish composers, ranging from solo electro-acoustic works to full ensemble pieces. Highlight is a new specially-commissioned piece by Ed Bennett, as well as works by Ann Cleare, who has just been shortlisted for Amsterdam’s prestigious Gaudeamus Prize, previous Gaudeamus shortlisters Enda Bates and David Fennessy, Grainne Mulvey, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, and Scott McLaughlin, whose Marionettes incorporates a specially-imported Moog Piano Bar. www.crashensemble.com