Welcome to the online home of the Dublin Gay Music Group. Here you'll find information about the Group, beginning on this page with the schedule for our sessions this month. You can also view other months, which is an ideal way to spot gaps which you can fill by offering to host or taking a Presenter spot (just send an email, or add changes to the printed version at one of our sessions).
DGMG Online
2026
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View or download the 2026 Anniversaries summary sheet
HOST
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
January
31
Roy
Jim
[ Holiday weekend]
03
Dermot
No pres.15m music.
Operetta, Musical, Film, World, Cabaret
17
10
Ron
Ron
24
Jim
Éamon
VERDI DAY
17
Tom
Tom (solo)
January Concert. Note: Live broadcast, 5 pm start.
ANNIVERSARIES
09 Waltraud Meier, 70th | 11 Domenico Cimarosa, 225d
12 Morton Feldman, 100b + Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, 150b | 14 Francesco Cavalli, 350d
17 Tomaso Albinoni, 275d | 18 Christoph Pregardien, 70th + Katia Ricciarelli, 80th | 20 David Tudor, 100b
21 Gustav Albert Lortzing, 175d | 23 Cécile Ousset, 90th + Paul Robeson, 50d
24 E.T.A. Hoffmann, 250b + Gaspare Spontini, 175d | 27 GIUSEPPE VERDI, 125d
February
28
Roy
07
Séamus
Séamus
14
Jim
Theme: Love & Romance
21
ANNIVERSARIES
04 Iannis Xenakis, 25d | 13 Colin Matthews, 80th | 16 Eliahu Inbal, 90th | 17 Friedrich Cerha, 100b
18 Gyorgy Kurtág , 100th | 20 JOHN DOWLAND, 400 [burial] | 21 Jan Václav Kallivoda, 225b
March
28
Roy
07
21
14
Jim
[ Holiday weekend ]
ANNIVERSARIES
01 Jean Martinon, 50d | 04 Ralph Kirschbaum, 80th | 07 Okko Kamu, 80th | 10 Gráinne Mulvey, 60th
11 Carl Ruggles, 150b | 12 David Daniels, 60th | 17 Michael Finnissy, 80th | 26 H.C. Robbins Landon, 100b
27 Vincent d'Indy, 175b | 31 John Stainer, 125d
April
25
04
Jim
[ Easter Weekend ]
27
Jim
20
April Concert
18
11
April Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
09 Jerzy Maksymiuk, 90th | 12 Joseph Lanner, 225b | 13 Della Jones, 80th | 14 Barbara Bonney, 70th
16 Pēteris Vasks, 80th | 19 Veronique Gens, 60th | 21 Lionel Rogg, 90th
22 Jukka-Pekka Saraste, 70th + Zubin Mehta, 70th | 19 Christian Tetzlaff, 60th
May
30
[ Holiday weekend ]
02
Jim
[ Holiday weekend ]
09
16
23
Jim
ANNIVERSARIES
02 Ralf Gothóni, 80th | 11 Rudolf Kempe, 50d | 23 Edmund Rubbra, 125b
June
27
06
20
Jim
13
ANNIVERSARIES
04 Cecilia Bartoli, 60th | 05 CARL MARIA VON WEBER, 200d | 06 Klaua Tennstedt, 100b
10 Frederic Loewe, 125b | 12 Carlisle Floyd, 100b | 14 Geza Anda, 50d
18 Michele-Richard de Lelande, 300d | 23 Sylvia McNair, 70th | 24 Harry Partch, 125b
July
25
04
18
11
Jim
July Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
01 Kenneth Fuchs, 70th + Hans Werner Henze, 100b | 04 Stephen Foster, 200b | 09 David Zinman, 90th
13 Reginald Goodall, 125b + Huw Watkins, 50th | 14 Gerald Finzi, 125b | 23 David Fennessy 50th
August
29
Jim
01
[ Holiday weekend ]
08
Jim
15
22
ANNIVERSARIES
01 Theo Adam, 100b | 06 Gregor Piatigorgsky, 50d | 15 Julius Katchen, 100b | 17 Henri Tomasi, 125b
26, Sally Beamish, 70th | 29 Felicien David, 150b
September
26
Jim
19
05
12
ANNIVERSARIES
15 Bruno Walter, 150b | 22 John Tomlinson, 80th | 12 John Coltrane, 100b
October
31
Scary music [ Holiday Weekend ]
03
17
Jim
10
October Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
03 Steve Reich, 90th | 07 Charles Dutoit, 90th | 15 Karl Richter, 100b | 25 Galina Vishnevskaya,100b
26 Deryck Cooke 50d | 29 John Vickers, 100b
November
28
07
21
14
Jim
ANNIVERSARIES
04 Joan Rodgers, 70th + Luciana Serra, 80th | 07 Gwyneth Jones, 90th + JOAN SUTHERLAND, 100b
09 Carl Stamitz, 225d | 12 Walter Piston, 50d | 22 Joaquin Rodrico, 125b | 23 Manuel de Falla, 150b
Josef Rheinberger, 125d
December
05
Jim
12
19
Roy
Roy
Theme: Christmas music
26
NO SESSION TODAY (Obvious reason)
ANNIVERSARIES
04 BENJAMIN BRITTEN, 50d | 05 José Carreras, 80th + Krystian Zimerman, 70th
11 Miecysław Karlowicz, 150b | 16 Trevor Pinnock, 80th | 19 Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, 350b
28 Nigel Kennedy, 70th | 29 Pablo Casals, 150b
PRESENTER / SPECIAL EVENT / NOTE
HOST