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Gala Concert
Irish Culture in Britain: A Centenary Celebration
Date
Thu 21 Apr 2016, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours 30 minutes in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Ailish Tynansoprano
  • Ann Murraymezzo-soprano
  • Tara Erraughtmezzo-soprano
  • Robin Tritschlertenor
  • Gavan Ringbaritone
  • Lucy Wakefordharp
  • Jonathan Warepiano
  • Finghin Collinspiano
  • Michael Collinsclarinet
  • RTÉ Contempo String Quartet
    • Choirs from

      Programme

      • Franz Schubert
        1797-1828
          • 4 Impromptus D899
            :
          • Impromptu in C minor No. 1
          • An die Musik D547
          • Die Forelle D550
          • Die Sterne D939
          • Licht und Liebe D352
          • Nacht und Träume D827
          • Erlkönig D328
          • Ellens Gesang III D839
          • Ständchen D920

      Interval

      • Trad/Irish
          • I have a bonnet trimmed with blue
          • Phil the Fluter's Ball
      • Michael Head
        1900-1976
          • Over the rim of the moon
            :
          • The ships of Arcady
          • A blackbird singing
      1. Co-commissioned by RTÉ and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffman, a Swiss grant-making foundation

      Overview

      This Gala honours those who died at Easter 1916, Irish and British, and allthe soldiers who lost their lives in the Great War.

      Following this concert, Ann Murray DBE will be presented with The WigmoreMedal, in recognition of her significant international career.

      Supported by Culture Ireland as part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme

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