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’.  The concerts take place at 2.30 and 3.45 pm and admission is free.  The Gallery opens at Noon.           

3.45 pm

The Light Gleams: a portrait of Frank Corcoran (documentary film produced by CMC and directed by Mark Linnane)

Frank Corcoran: A Dark Song (Irish premiere) (bass clarinet solo)

 Ed Bennett: Breath  (2006) (commissioned by Concorde for the Beckett centenary) (bass clarinet, violin, cello)  

Helgi Ingvarsson (Iceland/UK): Breath (premiere, 2012 revised) (cello, harp)   

 Rhona Clarke & Marie Hanlon: The Small Hours (2014) (accordion solo + visuals) a Concorde commission