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unusual facts about James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon


James Dillon

James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon (c. 1605–1649), leader of the Royalist forces in Ireland


Caubeen

In 1938 the Irish Prime Minister's deputy, James Dillon, complained about a tax on imported ladies' hats, remarking that Irish ladies would be forced to wear "Connacht caubeens".

Duo Gelland

Further important duos belonging to their repertory are those by Luigi Nono, James Dillon, Olga Neuwirth, Giacinto Scelsi, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Jacqueline Fontyn.

Irvine Arditti

These include Iannis Xenakis’ Dox Orkh and Toshio Hosokawa’s Landscape III, both for violin and orchestra, as well as Brian Ferneyhough’s Terrain, Luca Francesconi’s Riti Neurali and Body Electric, James Dillon’s Vernal Showers, Jonathan Harvey’s Scena, Brice Pauset's Vita Nova, Roger Reynolds Aspiration and Salvatore Sciarrino's Le Stagioni Artificiali all for violin and ensemble.

Jean-Pierre Robert

It is the period of his " Installation art" with the musics of Georges Aperghis and John Cage (in the Georges-Pompidou Center) with his " 1 Double bass - 1 Human " being with the musics of James Dillon, Brian Ferneyhough, Salvatore Sciarrino, Giacinto Scelsi, etc.

Laura Chislett

Laura Chislett, also known as Laura Chislett Jones, is an Australian flute player, known for performing contemporary repertoire such as Brian Ferneyhough's 'Unity Capsule', James Dillon's 'Sgothan', Michael Finnissy's 'Sikangnuqa, Reza Vali's 'Song', Maurice Weddington's 'Deovolente', and unusual late-Romantic repertoire.

Red Note Ensemble

Featured composers include Scottish-based composers including David Fennessy, Gordon McPherson, Sally Beamish and Bill Sweeney and international names such as John Adams, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Toru Takemitsu and James Dillon.

See Siang Wong

He has often performed piano works of contemporary composers like Arnold Schönberg, Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Wolfgang Rihm, Peter Eötvös, Emmanuel Nunes, Marco Stroppa, James Dillon, Jonathan Harvey, Rudolf Kelterborn.


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