Baroque meets trad in Culture Night performance
The young musicians of Galway’s Athenry Music School Sinfonietta and four outstanding soloists from traditional and classical backgrounds will perform Raymond Deane's A Baroque Session (with Carolan & Friends) for Culture Night on Friday, September 17.
It’s their debut performance of the piece and will be presented online at 7pm that evening. The young musicians will be joined by Séamus McGuire and Niamh Crowley on violin and violist Kenneth Rice, all from the West Ocean String Quartet. Cellist Adrian Mantu from Galway’s ConTempo String Quartet is also taking part.
The concert will be conducted by Claregalway conductor and musician Sinéad Hayes, who has been leading weekly Zoom rehearsals with the Athenry performers in recent months.
“This performance is a testament to the amazing resilience and talent of these young musicians,” she says.
Crossing time and musical styles, A Baroque Session (with Carolan & Friends) brings the worlds of Irish traditional and European classical music together through the lens of contemporary composer Raymond Deane, who was born in Tuam and reared in Achill.
He was originally commissioned to compose the music in 2009 by the Young European Strings, Dublin, and is delighted to see it reaching a whole new audience.
“It’s very encouraging to see so many performers from the West of Ireland having an opportunity to be part of the project,” he feels.
“This is a unique project,” adds renowned traditional musician Séamus McGuire, the leader of the West Ocean String Quartet, “Much of our work as a quartet brings Irish and classical music together, so we are delighted to join Sinead and the young musicians as soloists for this.”
For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.
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