Great Music in Irish Houses Festival Brochure 2019 by Great Music in Irish Houses

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Pavel Haas Quartet

2019 Festival Programme June 11th to 16th

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Booking Schedule and Seat Prices Ticket Prices

Concert Programme

SECURE YOUR SEAT AT IRELAND’S LONGEST-RUNNING CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Tuesday, 11th June 7.00 pm Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street Richard Goode, piano

€35 €30 Students €10

Wednesday, 12th June 8.00 pm National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Pavel Haas Quartet

€30 €25

Thursday, 13th June 8.00 pm Killruddery House, Bray Marc Coppey, cello Finghin Collins, piano

€50 €35

Friday, 14th June 8.00 pm

Due to the intimate nature of the venues at Great Music in Irish Houses, seating is limited and tickets sell-out quickly. Early booking is highly recommended. Online • You can buy tickets online at www.greatmusicinirishhouses.com 24 hours a day. • The website is updated regularly and features all events currently available for sale.

Belvedere House, Mullingar Ailish Tynan, soprano Finghin Collins, piano Van Kuijk Quartet

€30 €25 €15

Saturday, 15th June 7.00 pm St Ann’s, Dawson Street Chamber Choir Ireland Paul Hillier, conductor

€20

Postal Bookings • Send a cheque made payable to: Great Music in Irish Houses Festival, 43 St Cathryns Court, Newgrove Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 DX96. • Please specify concert and ticket type/price.

Concession €15 Student/Child €5

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Saturday, 15th June 9.00 pm The Printworks, Dublin Castle Colin Currie Quartet

€15 Concession €10

Sunday, 16th June

PRIORITY BOOKING FOR FRIENDS Thursday, March 7th to Sunday, March 24th

DUBLIN MUSICAL SAUNTER A John O’Conor Celebration 12.00 noon – Castle Hall, Dublin Castle Concert 1

Concession €8

3.00 pm – Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park Concert 2

Concession €10

7.00 pm – Castle Hall, Dublin Castle Concert 3

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GENERAL BOOKING OPENS on Monday March 25th Full booking details for all concerts visit our website www.greatmusicinirishhouses.com

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Foreword For many music lovers in Ireland, especially those who enjoy chamber music, a June without the prospect of the wonderful week of music-making that is the Great Music in Irish Houses Festival, would be like Wimbledon without strawberries. The good news is that Ireland’s longestrunning Chamber Music Festival is back for its 49th season, running from June 11th to 16th inclusive. The planning of this event during the dark winter months always lifts our spirits with the thought of warm sunny summer evenings and wonderful music in some of Ireland’s most attractive spaces. We hope you’ll agree that the Great Music in Irish Houses Festival 2019 promises another mouth-watering banquet of worldclass performers, exciting programmes and exciting venues. This year, Great Music in Irish Houses will welcome artists from the United Kingdom, France, the Czech Republic, the United States, South Korea and New Zealand, as well as a number of our own home-grown performers who enjoy distinguished local and international careers. This year’s musical menu offers a smorgasbord of musical styles, spanning different centuries, in a winning hand of interesting venues in the Dublin and Greater Dublin area, as well as a foray beyond “The Pale”. Once again we have our signature festival-within-a-festival, the Dublin Musical Saunter, which this year salutes the renowned Irish pianist John O’Conor’s exceptional performance and teaching career. We look forward to the return of the iconic American pianist Richard Goode, the exhilarating Pavel Haas Quartet and the distinguished French artists, cellist Marc Coppey and the Van Kuijk Quartet. The renowned Colin Currie Quartet’s performance will include the Irish première of a new work by composer Kevin Volans, and should attract the younger generation to the Festival. In addition, the 2019 season will showcase a significant number of local performers highlighting our own musical pedigree. They include such distinguished artists as John O’Conor, Finghin Collins, Ailish Tynan and Chamber Choir Ireland. While much of our activities in recent years has been confined to the greater Dublin area, this year sees us spreading our wings slightly beyond The Pale. We travel to the Lake County where Ireland’s ancient East meets Ireland’s hidden heartlands in Mullingar, Co Westmeath. The grounds of the Georgian villa that is Belvedere House, former home of the Rochford family, where Mullingar native, the internationally acclaimed soprano Ailish Tynan will be joined by Finghin Collins and the stunning French Van Kuijk Quartet. And, still outside

Dublin city limits, the long-time favourite Festival venue Killruddery House, whose fragrant Orangery will host Finghin Collins and acclaimed French cellist Marc Coppey. Another amazing building surrounded by wide green spaces is the Irish State’s official guesthouse in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, Farmleigh House. Thanks to the OPW, it will be open to Festival-goers for the Dublin Musical Saunter, the day-long celebration of John O’Conor, which features among others the seemingly ubiquitous Finghin Collins. To continue with this verdant theme, Dublin’s colourful National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin is an ideal venue for the prodigiously talented Pavel Haas Quartet. That Georgian jewel that is the immaculately preserved Royal Irish Academy in Dawson Street welcomes Richard Goode for his second visit to the Festival. Still in central Dublin, just a few doors down from the RIA, St Ann’s Church, a favourite venue for music performances, this year offers an opportunity for an exciting collaboration between the Festival and Ireland’s flagship choral ensemble, Chamber Choir Ireland. In recent years one of the most rewarding partnerships the Festival has forged has been with the Office of Public Works (OPW), and this year we are delighted that under their auspices two venues in Dublin Castle, the Castle Hall and the Printworks, have been made available to us. Great Music in Irish Houses would like to take this opportunity to express its gratitude to all those who help maintain the pre-eminent position in Ireland’s cultural calendar this Festival continues to enjoy. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the support of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Arts Council, the OPW, Dublin City Council, Westmeath County Council, RTÉ, BBC Radio 3, the Royal Irish Academy, Chamber Choir Ireland, our venue partners, sponsors, the French Embassy in Ireland, GUR Holdings LLC and of course, our Friends. With wonderful music from greats such as JS Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy and Dvořák, to newer musical voices such as Stockhausen and Steve Reich, as well as contemporary Irish composers Elaine Agnew, Deirdre Gribbin, Kevin Volans and Ailbhe McDonagh, who was commissioned to write a piece for John O’Conor’s special day by the Festival, we are sure everyone will find something to satisfy their musical appetite. Please check us out on social media platforms and on our own website www.greatmusicinirishhouses.com

LAURIE CEARR General Manager CIARA HIGGINS Artistic Director

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Tuesday June 11th at 7.00 pm

Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street

Richard Goode, piano Haydn:

Sonata in A major, Hob XVI:26 Sonata in D major, Hob XVI:24 Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K511 Beethoven: Sonata in A major, op 101 Debussy: Images Book 2 La soirée dans Grenade from Estampes Chopin: Four Mazurkas Fantaisie in F minor, op 49 Following his sensational Irish début at the 2014 Festival, which was cited as a Cultural Highlight of the Year in The Irish Times, iconic American pianist Richard Goode, returns with the sure promise to excite. Still playing with authority and vigour, Goode is regarded as the doyen of American piano playing, and over four decades, his reputation as a pianist’s pianist acknowledges him as one of the “modern greats”. A rare opportunity for Dublin audiences to hear this Grammy award-winning artist, whose interpretations have been described by The New York Times as having “both integrity and immediacy”.

Presented in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy

Richard Goode

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Wednesday June 12th at 8.00 pm

Thursday June 13th at 8.00 pm

National Botanic Gardens

Killruddery House

Pavel Haas Quartet

Marc Coppey, cello Finghin Collins, piano

Dvorák:

String Quartet No 14 in A-flat major, op 105 Beethoven: String Quartet in C major, op 59 no 3 v

Since making its Irish début at the 2007 Festival, the Czech Pavel Haas Quartet has gone on to cement its place in the first league of string quartets. Described by Gramophone Magazine as “probably the world’s most exciting string quartet”, this multiaward-winning ensemble returns with an exciting and tantalising programme of chamber music greats in the sumptuous setting of the National Botanic Gardens.

Presented in association with the National Botanic Gardens

Beethoven:

Sonata for Piano and Cello in G minor, op 5 no 2 Nadia Boulanger: Trois Pièces Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor Martinu° : Variations on a Slovakian Theme Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, op 38 The acclaimed French cellist, Marc Coppey, a passionate musician who has extensively explored the chamber music repertoire with some of the world’s finest musicians, and Irish pianist, Finghin Collins, who equally enjoys a booming international career as a soloist and chamber music partner, joins forces at the perennial favourite, Killruddery House. An exhilarating collaboration which is bound to be a highlight of the 2019 Festival.

Sponsored by Gur Holdings, LLC Presented in association with the French Embassy in Ireland

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Friday June 14th at 8.00 pm

Belvedere House, Mullingar

Ailish Tynan, soprano Finghin Collins, piano Van Kuijk Quartet Mozart: Poulenc: Lekeu: Chausson:

Divertimento in F major, K138 Trois Mélodies for String Quartet Nocturne from Trois Poèmes Chanson perpétuelle, op 37

and songs by Fauré and Muriel Herbert We are pleased to be heading outside The Pale this year, to Mullingar and Belvedere House, a fascinating residence dating back to 1740. Hometown of one of Ireland’s finest musical ambassadors, Ailish Tynan, who has been lauded by The New York Times as “a sparkling soprano”. This intriguing house will provide a charming background for a summer evening’s chamber music concert. Ailish makes her Festival début with pianist Finghin Collins and the stunning French Van Kuijk Quartet. Presented in partnership with Belvedere House and Westmeath County Council in association with the French Embassy in Ireland and the Derravaragh Music Association Ailish Tynan

Finghin Collins

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Saturday June 15th at 7.00 pm

St Ann’s, Dawson Street

Chamber Choir Ireland Paul Hillier, conductor Schütz:

Four Motets from Geistliche Chormusik, 1648 JS Bach: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226 Brahms: Two Motets, op 74 JS Bach: Es ist genug Sandström: Es ist genug JS Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neus Lied, BWV 225 Following a highly successful two-concert collaboration with Chamber Choir Ireland in 2016, the Festival is delighted to be collaborating with Ireland’s flagship choral ensemble again in 2019. Under the baton of the internationally celebrated and multi-award-winning choral conductor Paul Hillier, on this occasion the Choir will present works by JS Bach, Schütz, Sven-David Sandström and Brahms in the final concert of it’s popular Before Bach and After series. Chamber Choir Ireland

Pre-Concert Talk with Tim Thurston at 6.00 pm

Presented in collaboration with Chamber Choir Ireland

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Saturday June 15th at 9.00 pm

The Printworks, Dublin Castle

Colin Currie Quartet Colin Currie, Sam Walton, Adrian Spillett and Owen Gunnell Pereira: Xenakis: Stockhausen: Volans: Reich:

Mallet Quartet Rebonds B Vibra-Elufa Four Marimbas (Irish première) Drumming Part 1

The renowned Scottish percussionist, Colin Currie, is making a welcome return to the Festival – on this occasion in the newly formed Colin Currie Quartet – having already enjoyed sensational earlier appearances. These theatrical and highly-skilled musicians present a kaleidoscope of captivating scores by cutting-edge composers, including the Irish première of a new work by Kevin Volans.

Colin Currie Quartet

Athletically dazzling in performance, this special Festival presentation of exhilarating music by this charismatic Scot and his musicians is bound to attract a new generation of music lovers to Ireland’s longest-running chamber music festival.

Presented in partnership with the OPW

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Sunday June 16th

Dublin Musical Saunter – John O’Conor Celebration This year the Dublin Musical Saunter spotlights one of Ireland’s most distinguished pianists, John O’Conor. This day has been constructed to celebrate John’s prowess as both a celebrated performer and a teacher sans pareil, always encouraging and championing his students to achieve their full potential. Castle Hall, Dublin Castle at 12.00 Noon This first concert showcases five decades of John O’Conor’s teaching at the Royal Irish Academy and features former and current students in duet and solo performances. Participating artists are Dearbhla Brosnan and Dearbhla Collins (piano duet), Finghin Collins (piano solo), sisters Ailbhe McDonagh and Orla McDonagh (cello and piano), Fionnuala Moynihan (piano solo) and, anchoring the concert, a piano duo featuring John O’Conor and one of his phenomenally talented young students, 12-year-old Joe O’Grady, who will perform a new work by Ailbhe McDonagh commissioned by the Festival to mark the day.

Tailleferre: Poulenc: Clara Schumann:

Suite Burlesque Sonata for Four Hands FP8 Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op 20 Mendelssohn: Song without Words for Cello and Piano in D major, op 109 Fanny Hensel: Capriccio in A flat major from Zwei Stücke for Cello and Piano Berg: Piano Sonata, op 1 Bizet: La Toupie, La Poupée, Les Chevaux de Bois and Le Bal from Jeux d'Enfants Ailbhe McDonagh: New Work Presented in partnership with the OPW John O’Conor

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Sunday June 16th

Dublin Musical Saunter – John O’Conor Celebration

Farmleigh House at 3.00 pm

Castle Hall, Dublin Castle at 7.00 pm

This second concert in the 2019 Dublin Musical Saunter demonstrates the successes of some of John O’Conor’s students at international competitions around the world.

The final concert is a celebration of John as performer extraordinaire.

An impressive line-up of pianists from home and abroad, Finghin Collins, Soo Jung Ann, Lance Coburn, Alexander Bernstein and Sae Yoon Chon will perform. The programme includes five works by Irish composers who were commissioned by the Dublin International Piano Competition over its 30-year history and of which John O’Conor is co-founder and Artistic Director.

Elaine Agnew: Carl Vine: John Kinsella: Marian Ingoldsby:

Seagull Five Bagatelles Reflection II Exchange: The Irish and Normans Mingle at the Fair from the Ros Tapestry Suite David Byers: A Full Moon Amy Beach: A Hermit Thrush at Eve, op 92 no 1 Deirdre Gribbin: Unseen Rachmaninov: Lilacs, op 21 no 5 Daisies, op 38 Gráinne Mulvey: Interference Patterns Frederic Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues Presented in partnership with the OPW

John, along with esteemed colleagues from the Royal Irish Academy of Music (Fionnuala Hunt and Lynda O'Connor, violins; Rosalind Ventris, viola and Christopher Marwood, cello), round off this day of wonderful music-making in true celebratory style. The concert features music by Lili Boulanger, Robert Schumann and Ludwig van Beethoven, the latter composer with whom John has been most closely associated throughout his career and, in the opinion of many critics, of whose works he is one of the world’s best interpreters.

Lili Boulanger:

D’un matin de Printemps Deux Morceaux Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Cello in A major, op 69 Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, op 44 Presented in partnership with the OPW

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Venue Information Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street The Royal Irish Academy/ Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann is Ireland’s leading body of experts in the Sciences and Humanities. Since the 1850’s the Academy has been housed in Academy House on Dawson Street. The concert takes place in The Meeting Room,. www.ria.ie | +353 1 6090600

St. Ann’s Church, Dawson Street St Ann’s Church maintains a very busy city centre ministry dating back to 1707. The church, a much-loved place of worship, is also the venue for civic events, lunchtime recitals and evening concerts, as well as being a popular destination for tourists. www.stann.dublin.anglican.org +353 1 6767727

National Botanic Gardens

The Printworks and Castle Hall at Dublin Castle The Printworks is the largest and newest venue in Dublin Castle, opened for Ireland’s hosting of the European Presidency in 2013. It is located in the lower courtyard with unrivalled views of Dublin’s last intact medieval tower. Castle Hall is located within the 18th Century Bedford Hall Clock Tower building, situated in the Upper Castle Yard. This bright and spacious venue is perfect for an evening of music and entertainment. www.dublincastle.ie | +353 1 6458813

Located just 3 km from Dublin City Centre, the National Botanic Gardens are an oasis of calm and beauty. A premier scientific institution, the Gardens also contain the National Herbarium and several historic wrought iron glasshouses. www.botanicgardens.ie +353 1 8040300 Killruddery House and Gardens Killruddery House is one of the most successful EIizabethan-Revival mansions in Ireland. The concert takes place in the Orangery, which was designed and built by William Burn in 1852 after the fashion of the Crystal Palace in England. www.killruddery.com +353 1 2863405 Belvedere House, Mullingar Situated just 1 hour’s drive from Dublin, this magnificent early 18th century stately home of Robert Rochfort, Earl of Belvedere, stands in 160 acres of parkland on the shores of Lough Ennell. The concert takes place in Belvedere House’s Visitor Centre. www.belvedere-house.ie +353 44 9338960

Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park A historic house holding important collections, an art gallery, a working farm, and the official Irish State guest house, Farmleigh House and Estate is open seven days a week. An estate of seventyeight acres situated to the north-west of Dublin’s Phoenix Park, Farmleigh provides accommodation for visiting dignitaries and guests of the nation. As a historic house, Farmleigh remains a unique representation of its heyday, the Edwardian period, and houses important artworks and furnishings, as well as the Benjamin Iveagh collection of rare books, bindings, and manuscripts which is held in the Library. The extensive pleasure grounds feature walled and sunken gardens, and scenic lakeside walks. The Estate also boasts a working farm with a herd of Kerry Black cows. www.farmleigh.ie | +353 1 8155914

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Friends of Great Music in Irish Houses “Music is a performance and needs an audience”, Michael Tippett We bring the music to you, The Audience. The Great Music in Irish Houses Festival has been a jewel in Ireland’s cultural crown for fortynine years. Please help us maintain the Festival mission – to present world-class performers and exciting programmes in unique venues, by becoming a Friend. The loyalty and support of Friends are the life-blood of any arts event and without these our Festival could not survive. You can join The Audience and play a more active and involved role in the Festival in a number of ways – a donation of any amount would be welcome and there are four different Friend categories: HOUSE FRIEND (€80) • Priority Booking Period • Postal Booking Facility • Acknowledgement in the Season Programme • Invitation to attend Concert and Reception VINTAGE FRIEND (€120) • Priority Booking Period • Postal Booking Facility • Acknowledgement in the Season Programme • Invitation to attend Concert and Reception • Complimentary signed CD FORTISSIMO FRIEND (€200) • Priority Booking Period • Postal Booking Facility • Acknowledgement in the Season Programme • Invitation to attend Concert and Reception • Opportunity to meet Festival artists • Complimentary signed CD by a Festival artist CLASSIC FRIEND (€1500) • Six free tickets to a concert of choice. • Priority Booking Period • Priority Facility to purchase extra tickets for any concert • Invitation to attend Concert and Reception • Acknowledgement in the Season Programme • Complimentary signed CD by a Festival artist • Inclusion of corporate logo/identity in Season Programme • Full page for discretionary use in the Season Programme

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Acknowledgements

The Great Music in Irish Houses Festival gratefully acknowledges the assistance and patronage of many benefactors, donors and individuals, without whom the Festival could not maintain its eminent position in Irish musical life.

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, The Arts Council, Office of Public Works, Dublin City Council, Westmeath County Council, RTÉ Supporting the Arts, BBC Radio 3, RTÉ lyric fm, Gur Holdings LLC, The French Embassy in Ireland, Chamber Choir Ireland, The Derravaragh Music Association, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Richard Kelly, CRM Design + Print Ltd. at concert venues Royal Irish Academy, National Botanic Gardens, Lord and Lady Ardee, Killruddery House, Belvedere House, Mullingar, St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, The Printworks and Castle Hall, Dublin Castle, Farmleigh House.

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Van Kuijk Quartet

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