Patrick Cassidy (composer)

Patrick Cassidy (composer)

Patrick Cassidy (born 1956 in Claremorris, County Mayo) is an Irish classical composer.

He has worked in many various formats, including TV and films. In 2004, he cowrote the album "Immortal Memory" with Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance. His aria "Vide Cor Meum" was used in the films "Hannibal" (2001) and "Kingdom of Heaven" (2005).

Biography

Patrick Cassidy was born in Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Republic of Ireland. He received a Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics from Limerick University, and supported his early compositional activities with a day job as a statistician.

He is best known for his Narrative Cantatas - works he has written for Orchestra and Choir based on Irish Mythology.

'The Children of Lir' released in September 1993 remained at number one in the Irish Classical Charts for a full year. It was the first Cantata ever written in the Irish language. The BBC later produced an hour long documentary on the piece.

'Famine Remembrance', a commissioned piece to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine was premiered in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York in 1996. A recording of the piece was released the following year.

Other albums include 'Cruit', arrangements of 17th and 18th century Irish harp music with Cassidy as the soloist and 'Deirdre of the Sorrows', another Cantata in the Irish language recorded with The London Symphony Orchestra and The Tallis Choir.

In 2004 'Immortal Memory' was released; a collaboration between Cassidy and Lisa Gerrard who won a Golden Globe for 'Gladiator'.

Cassidy now lives in Los Angeles where in addition to his concert work he has scored and collaborated on films and documentaries. Notable credits include Hannibal, Veronica Guerin, Confessions of a Burning Man, Salem's Lot, King Arthur, Layer Cake, Che Guevara, Ashes and Snow, Kingdom of Heaven, The Front Line.

The aria Cassidy wrote for Hannibal, 'Vide Cor Meum', was the only piece by a "living" composer on Warner Classics 2006 compilation '40 Most Beautiful Arias'.

In June 2007 'Famine Remembrance' will be performed at the opening of Toronto's Ireland Park with the President of Ireland as special guest.

In 2007 Patrick will complete his new work, a large scale setting of the Mass in Latin.

Discography

Partial discography:

* 2004 - "Immortal Memory" - with Lisa Gerrard
* 2001 - Hannibal
* 1998 - Deirdre of the Sorrows
* 1996 - Famine Remembrance
* 1993 - The Children of Lir
* 1990 - Cruit

References

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External links

* [http://www.patrickcassidy.com/ Patrick Cassidy.com] - official website


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