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
2023
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information
View or download the 2023 Anniversaries summary sheet
HOST
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
January
28
Ken
Ken
07
Dermot
No presentation • 15 mins music • Operetta, Musical, Film, World
21
Jim
David
14
Éamon
Éamon + Jim
January Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Viktor Ullmann, 125b | 3rd H.K. Gruber, 80th | 6th Georgy Sviridov, 25d | 8th Michael Tippett, 25d
11th Klaus Tennstedt, 25d | 13th Juan Diego Florez. 50th | 16th Brian Ferneyhough, 80th
21st Henri Duparc, 175b | 22nd Myung-whun Chung, 70th
27th Raymond Deane, 70th + Édouard Lalo, 200b | 31st Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, 225b
February
25
Éamon
Séamus
04
Roy
Jim
[ Holiday weekend ]
11
Jim
Tom
18
Ken
Ron
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Alexander Melnikov, 50th | 5th Gerhard Oppitz, 70th | 7th Stuart Burrows, 90th
12th Roy Harris, 125b | 16th István Kertész, 50d | 19th Joseph Szigeti, 50d | 20th Riccardo Chailly, 70th
23rd John Luther Adams, 70th | 25th Enrico Caruso, 150b
27th Morten Lauridsen, 80th + Hubert Parry, 175b | 28th Osmo Vänskä, 70th
March
25
Roy
Roy
04
Jim
Jim
11
Dermot
Dermot
18
Séamus
Séamus
[ Holiday weekend ]
ANNIVERSARIES
5th Alexis de Castillon, 150d + Paul Kletzki, 50d | 9th David Matthews, 80th | | 12th Norbert Brainin, 100b
14th Lauritz Melchior, 50d | 16th Claus Peter Flor, 70th | 18th Nobuko Imai, 80th | 19th Max Reger, 150b 26th Noël Coward, 50d
April
01
Jim
Éamon
RACHMANINOFF DAY
08
No session today. Easter weekend.
29
Roy
Séamus
[ Holiday weekend ]
15
Éamon
Tom (solo)
April Concert
22
Ken
Ken
ANNIVERSARIES
1st SERGEI RACHMANINOFF, 150b | 2nd Jascha Horenstein, 50d | 4th Seóirse Bodley, 90th
8th GAETANO DONIZETTI, 175d | 12th Lily Pons, 125b | 16th Robin Ticciati, 40th
20th John Eliot Gardiner, 80th | 26th Ilkka Kuusisto, 90th
May
27
Séamus
Jim
06
Ron
Ron
13
Dermot
Dermot
20
Ken
Ken
ANNIVERSARIES
2nd Valery Gergiev, 70th | 3rd Nikolai Tcherepnin, 150b | 4th Roland Pöntinen, 60th
6th Steve Martland, 10d | 10th Owen Brannigan, 50d | 11th Nina Stemme, 60th | 16th Monica Huggett, 70th
22nd Henri Dutilleux, 10d | 24th Stephan Genz, 50th | 26th Count Waldstein, 200d | 27th Luciano Berio, 20d 28th György Ligeti, 100b + Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, 50d | 29th Helmuth Rilling, 90th
June
24
Roy
03
Jim
Séamus
[ Holiday weekend ]
17
Jim
David
10
Roy
Éamon
Éamon
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Richard Goode, 80th | 7th Roberto Alagna, 60th | 13th Sarah Connolly, 40th | 15th Julia Fischer, 40th
18th Peter Donohoe, 70th + Eva Marton, 80th | 19th Jörg Widman, 50th | 23rd Henning Kraggerrud, 50th
27th Anna Prohaska, 40th | 29th Anne-Sophie Mutter, 60th
July
29
Éamon
Ron
01
Ken
Ken
15
Jim
David
22
Dermot
Jim
08
Ron
Ron + Séamus
July Concert – NOTE: ASSEMBLE AT 1:30
ANNIVERSARIES
3rd Karel Ančerl, 50d + George Lloyd, 25d | 4th William Byrd, 400d + Thomas Dausgaard, 60th
6th Hanns Eisler, 125b + Otto Klemperer, 50d | 9th John Mark Ainsley, 60th | 13th Asger Hamerik, 100d 23rd Hermann Prey, 25d | 29th Olga Borodina, 60th
August
05
No session today. Holiday weekend.
26
Roy
Roy
12
Jim
Dermot
19
Tom
Tom
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Gian Francesco Malipiero, 50d | 3rd Alfred Schnittke, 25d | 4th Arthur Butterworth, 100b
7th Richard Eggar, 60th | 11th Tamás Vásáry, 90th | 17th Daniel Hope, 50th | 21st Janet Baker, 90th
26th Wolfgang Sawallisch, 100b
September
30
Roy
Dermot
16
Ken
Ken
23
Jim
Éamon
02
Jim
David
09
Séamus
Séamus
ANNIVERSARIES
10th Michael Schønwandt, 70th | 26th George Gershwin, 125b + David Pyatt, 50th
October
28
Tom
Suggested theme: spooky music
Tom
07
Dermot
C A N C E L L E D
21
Ken
Jim
14
Jim
A N O T H E R C A N C E L L A T I O N
ANNIVERSARIES
2nd Michel Plasson, 90th | 3rd Stanisław Skrowaczewski, 100b | 10th Lera Auerbach, 50th
20th Robert Craft, 100b | 20th John Storgårds, 60th | 22nd Pablo Casals, 50d | 20th Franco Corelli, 20d
November
25
Dermot
Éamon
04
Séamus
Séamus
11
Jim
Dermot + Roy
October Concert (deferred)
18
Ken
Ken
VICTORIA AND MARIA DAY
ANNIVERSARIES
1st VICTORIA DE LOS ÁNGELES, 100b | 4th John Barry, 90th | 12th John Tavener, 10d
13th Bruno Moderna, 50d + Thomas Weelkes, 400d | 19th Siegfried Behrend, 90th
20th Barbara Hendricks, 75th
December
02
Jim
Tom
09
Éamon
David
16
Ron
Jim
23
Tom
Theme: Christmas Music
30
No session today
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Roy Harris, 125b | 2nd MARIA CALLAS, 100b | 7th John Addison, 25d | 14th Joseph Jongen, 150b
11th Ludovic Morlot, 50th | 16th Menahem Pressler, 100th | 22nd Carl Friedrich Abel, 300b
24th Joseph Wölfl, 250b | 26th Harry Christophers, 70th
PRESENTER / SPECIAL EVENT / NOTE
HOST