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For your consideration... New Year Movies
With the Oscars just around the corner, Michael Dwyer looks at movies on the way to our screens between now and April.
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AS FAR as live music is concerned, spring's top billing goes to the return of revered veteran saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, who brings his quartet, with Danilo Perez (piano), John Patitucci (bass) and Brian Blade (drums) to the Helix on April 19th.
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TEMPLE BAR TRAD FESTIVAL: Following the rousing success of last year's festival, this year's event ramps it up with a strong programme on January 25th-28th including Lúnasa, Dervish, Peter Horan, Ronan Browne, Cathal McConnell and Kevin Glackin.
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RTÉ NSO/GAVIN MALONEY: It's a busy New Year for Gavin Maloney, RTÉ's current hotshot assistant conductor, with repertoire including Dvorak's New World Symphony (Jan 5), the Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition (Jan 19), and new music programmes of Donnacha Dennehy and David Lang (Jan 30), and John Kinsella and Krzysztof Penderecki (Feb 6). NCH, Dublin, Jan 5, 1.05pm, €10; Jan 19, 8pm, €9-€30; Jan 30, 1.05pm, adm free; Feb 6, 1.05pm, adm free; 01-4170000
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JANUARY: Il divino Boemo Concerto Köln/Werner Ehrhardt Archiv Produktion 477 6418 "Il Boemo," the nickname of Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781), stemmed from the difficulties experienced in pronouncing his name by Italians, and Il divino Boemo, from a late-19th-century novelette.
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After a few years' absence, the IMC brings back Sweden's EST - the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, with Svensson (piano), Dan Berglund (bass) and Magnus Oström (drums).
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