The final event in Concorde’s series UP CLOSE WITH MUSIC at the RHA Gallery this year features new work by composer Rhona Clarke and artist Marie Hanlon, a 70th birthday tribute to Frank Corcoran, the premiere of a specially composed work by Concorde’s 2014 student composer Patrick Egan, music from Norway and Dublin contemplating ‘dawn’, and music from Icelandic and Irish composers reflecting on ‘breath’.  

Concorde:

Jane O’Leary, artistic director

Paul Roe, clarinet/bass clarinet

Bogdan Sofei, violin

Martin Johnson, cello

Dermot Dunne, accordion

Clare McCague, concert harp

Visual artist, Marie Hanlon

2.30 pm

Patrick Egan: new piece (premiere)  (bass clarinet, cello, accordion) (Concorde 2014 student composer) 

 Ellen Lindquist (USA/Norway): Eos  (2005) (solo violin)  (Irish premiere)  

Judith Ring:  swelt belly at dawn  (2013)  (violin, cello, clarinet)  

 Rhona Clarke & Marie Hanlon: The Small Hours  (accordion solo + visuals)  premiere, commissioned by Concorde