Friday, 14 August 2020
7.00pm – 8.00pm | Online Event
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Event overview
Members of The Fidelio Trio, joined by violinist Philippa Mo, explore music by our patron composer, Ernest Moeran, marking the 70th anniversary of his death in 1950 and, true to the Festival’s mission and tradition, focus on a living Irish composer, this year Deirdre McKay.
The programme encompasses some of Moeran’s most evocative chamber music and the exquisite soundworlds McKay constructs from minimal sources and materials.
PROGRAMME
Ernest Moeran (1894 – 1950)
Sonata for Violin and Piano, Movement 1
Ernest Moeran
Prelude for cello and piano
Deirdre McKay (b. 1972)
Time Shining (for solo piano)
Ernest Moeran
Sonata for Two Violins, Movement 1
Deirdre McKay
Secundum for violin and piano
Ernest Moeran
Piano Trio in D major, Movements 1 and 3
PERFORMERS
Darragh Morgan
Violin
Described by The Strad Magazine as ‘hugely impressive, he plays with seemingly effortless control’ Irish violinist Darragh Morgan was born in Belfast in 1974.
Philippa Mo
Violin
Philippa Mo studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London and at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing. Philippa Mo now performs extensively as a chamber musician.
Tim Gill
Violoncello
Tim Gill studied at Cambridge University, the Royal Academy of Music and the Banff Centre in Canada. In 1988 he was selected to play at the South Bank as part of the Park Lane Group concert series and has since enjoyed a lifelong commitment to contemporary music.
Mary Dullea
Piano
As soloist and chamber musician, Irish pianist Mary Dullea performs internationally at venues including London’s Wigmore Hall, Casa da Musica (Porto), Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, Phillips Collection Washington D.C., Symphony Space New York City, Palazzo Albrizzi Venice (Italy), Johannesburg Music Society and National Concert Hall Dublin.
Deirdre McKay
Featured Composer
Co. Down-born Deirdre McKay‘s work has featured at London’s South Bank, The Phillips Collection, Washington, World Harp Congress, Amsterdam, Konzerthaus, Berlin, Sonorities and RTÉ Living Music Festivals, Louth Contemporary Music Society’s Baltic Voices in Ireland Festival, Beckett Centenary Festival, Orléans Concours International, IAMIC and new music: new Ireland concerts at Symphony Space and Carnegie Hall, New York.