2022

2022 The Éirí concert series was inspired from reflecting on our personal journeys, and the transformation that occurs for us all.

Éirí 1 - Aistear (Journey)

20th March 2022 St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway

Programme:

John Dowland (1562–1626) Lachrimae antiquae (1604)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) Concerto for Two Cellos, RV 531 (c.1720s)

1. Allegro

2. Largo

3. Allegro

John Kinsella (1932–2021) Nocturne for Strings (1990)

Leoš Janáček (1854–1928) Suite for Strings (1877)

1. Moderato

2. Adagio

3. Andante con moto

4. Presto–Andante–Presto

5. Adagio

6. Andante

Deirdre McKay (1973. -) Meltwater (string orchestra, c.12’)

Éirí II - Athrú (transformation)

22nd September 2022 - St Nicholas' Church

John Dowland (1562–1626) Lachrimae verae (1604)

J.S. Bach 1685 - 1750

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (1718)

Arnold Schoenberg 1874 - 1951

Notturno for Harp and Strings (1895)

Ina Boyle 1889 - 1967

Psalm for cello and string orchestra (1927)

Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872 - 1958

Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939)