EVENTS
I have given over 150 international guest lectures and keynote addresses (in German and in English) in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Nederlands, Russia, Scotland, USA, UK. For a comprehensive guide, including my scholarly articles and essays in edited works, please see my CV. Here, though, is a list of my keynote and major public lectures.
11 November 2006
Invited Guest Lecture at Anna Amalia and Goethe Symposium: ‘Inspiration und Innovation in Goethe’s Erwin und Elmire’. Goethe Gesellschaft Weimar
16 July 2005
Paper Read, ‘Mendelssohn in the Goethe-Zelter Letters’, at the Mendelssohn in the Long Nineteenth Century International Conference, Trinity College Dublin
22 March 2005
Launch of Lorraine Byrne Bodley’s critical edition of Seóirse Bodley: Three Congregational Masses (Dublin: Carysfort Press, March 2005) and performance of Seóirse Bodley’s Mass of Glory and Liszt’s Via Crucis, conducted by Lorraine Byrne Bodley, Clonliffe Church, Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin.
5 December 2004
Invited Public Lecture: ‘Goethe’s and Schubert’s Claudine von Villa Bella: Conflict and Reconciliation’, Pre-Performance Lecture to the North American Premiere of Lorraine Byrne Bodley’s Edition of Schubert’s Opera Claudine von Villa Bella, Regina Symphony Orchestra
4 December 2004
Keynote Address, ‘Schubert and Goethe: Musicological Misconceptions’, The Unknown Schubert Conference, University of Regina, Canada
25 November 2004
Public launch of Lorraine Byrne Bodley, Goethe: Musical Poet, Musical Catalyst, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
5 October 2004
Invited Public Lecture, ‘19th Century German Romantic Song and Literature’, Masterpieces of German Romanticism October Lecture Series as part of the Exhibition, A German Dream: Masterpieces of Romanticism from the Nationalgalerie Berlin, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
22–27 May 2004
Keynote Speaker, ‘Goethe and Schubert: Claudine von Villa Bella: Conflict and Reconciliation’ International Federation for Theatre Research, Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia
26 March 2004
Paper, ‘Goethe and Zelter: Musical Implications’, Goethe: Musical Catalyst, Musical Poet conference, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
7 November 2003
Paper, ‘The Goethe Zelter Letters: Musical Implications’, The Composers and Compositions of the Berlin Sing-Akademie Conference, Rhodes College, Memphis, USA
3 November 2003
Invited Lecture. Goethe and the Nineteenth-Century Lied, The English Goethe Society, King’s College London
9 October 2003
Public launch of Lorraine Byrne Bodley, Goethe and Schubert: Across the Divide, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
12 May 2003
Public launch of Lorraine Byrne Bodley’s first monograph, Schubert’s Goethe Settings, Goethe Institute Dublin. Premiere by the composer of Seóirse Bodley’s ‘Wandrers Nachtlied’ written in celebration of my first monograph
5 April 2003
World premiere in English of Lorraine Byrne Bodley’s edition of Schubert/Goethe Singspiel, Claudine von Villa Bella, performed by young professional singers from north and south of the Irish border, conducted by Colman Pearce, Charles Pearson (piano), Katherine Brennan Hall, Royal Irish Academy of Music
4 April 2003
Paper, ‘Claudine von Villa Bella Revisited’, Schubert and Goethe in Perspective and Performance Conference, Trinity College Dublin
7 November 2001
IRC Postdoctoral Fellow Lecture, ‘Goethe and Schubert: Musicological Misconceptions’ Department of Germanic Studies, Trinity College Dublin