Finding a Voice//Water Magic

Saturday 9 March, 2024

Evlana Ensemble- Water and Magic

Hear some of Ireland's most exciting and talented performers as they take us on a musical journey inspired by the themes of water and magic, with works by Siobhán Cleary, Lili Boulanger, Rebecca Clarke, Gemma Peacock and Jessie Montgomery.  A highlight of the concert will be the world première of Judith Ring's The River Was Never Afraid, inspired by Clonmel's River Suir, as well as the winning piece in the Finding a Voice/Contemporary Music Centre competition for emerging composers by Cathy Purcell.

Evlana Ensemble
Sylvia O’Brien - soprano

Keith Pascoe - violin

Lynda O'Connor - violin

Nathan Sherman - viola

Yseult Cooper Stockdale - cello

Bill Dowdall - flute

Paul Roe - clarinet

Isabelle O’Connell - piano

Alex Petcu- percussion

Cathy Purcell- Droplet for soprano and flute (2024) World Premiere- winner of the Finding a Voice and the Contemporary Music Centre seventh annual Composition Competition for Emerging Women Composers in Ireland

Elaine Agnew- Seagull (2005)

Joan Trimble- The Pool among the Rushes (1940)

Lili Boulanger- D'un matin de printemps (1917)

Rebecca Clarke- Seal Man (1922) Irish Premiere

Keiko Abe- Memories of the Seashore (1984)

Siobhán Cleary- Ondine (2013) Irish Premiere

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon - Permit Me (2020) Irish Premiere

Judith Ring- The River Was Never Afraid (2024) World premiere (commissioned by Finding a Voice Festival with funding from the Arts Council Commissions Award 2024)

Gemma Peacocke- A Memory (2022) Irish Premiere

Jessie Montgomery- Rhapsody for Solo Violin no. 1 (2014) Irish Premiere

Joan Tower- Petroushskates (1980) Irish Premiere

Funded by the Arts Council Touring Award