EVLANA ENSEMBLE
‘Perfect Offering’ Tour
6th–9th June 2024

Thurs 6th June - The Linenhall, Castlebar, 8pm
Fri 7th June - The Model, Sligo, 8pm
Sat 8th June - Thomastown Concert Hall, 8pm (Music in Kilkenny Series)
Sun 9th June - Sundays at Noon, Hugh Lane Gallery, 12 noon

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

Tickets: www.evlana.com/upcoming-events

Dublin based group Evlana Ensemble, founded in 2015 by composer Siobhán Cleary, places contemporary music at the heart of its programming and provides an opportunity for Ireland’s most accomplished performers and composers to produce and perform their work.

Join Evlana Ensemble on a compelling musical journey as they embark on a national tour in June.

Supported by an Arts Council of Ireland Touring and Dissemination of Work Award, Evlana will be performing a programme of works by Schoenberg (arr. Webern), Cassandra Miller, Jessie Montgomery, Jane O’Leary, Siobhán Cleary, Jane O’Leary, Jonathan Nangle, Cathy Purcell and the world premiere of a new commission by Seán Doherty in the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday 6th June at 8pm, at The Model in Sligo on Friday 7th June, at Thomastown Concert Hall (Music in Kilkenny) on Saturday 8th June, and at the Sundays at Noon Series in the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin on Sunday 9th October at 12 noon.

Tickets are on sale from www.evlana.com

Funded by the Arts Council Touring Award

PROGRAMMES

Thursday 6th June 2025, 8pm
Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar

Jane O’ Leary beneath the dark blue waves
John Corigliano Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (song no’s 1 - 4)
Jessie Montgomery Strum
Sean Doherty The Song of Iron (commissioned by Evlana with funding from Arts Council Commission Award 2023)
Interval
Schoenberg arr. Webern Chamber Symphony (arranged for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano)
Cassandra Miller Perfect Offering

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Friday 7th June 2024, 8pm
The Model, Sligo

Siobhán Cleary Chaconne (solo piano)
John Corigliano Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (song no’s 1 - 4)
Jessie Montgomery Strum
Sean Doherty The Song of Iron (commissioned by Evlana with funding from Arts Council Commission Award 2023)
Interval
Schoenberg arr. Webern Chamber Symphony (arranged for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano)
Cassandra Miller Perfect Offering

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Saturday 8th June
The Concert Hall, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, 8pm

Cathy Purcell Droplet
John Corigliano Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (song no’s 1 - 4)
Jessie Montgomery Strum  
Sean Doherty The Song of Iron (commissioned by Evlana with funding from Arts Council Commission Award 2023)
Interval
Schoenberg arr. Webern Chamber Symphony (arranged for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano)
Cassandra Miller Perfect Offering 

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Sunday 9 June, 2024
Sundays at Noon, Hugh Lane Gallery

Jonathan Nangle Granular Dusk 
Jessie Montgomery Strum 
Sean Doherty The Song of Iron (commissioned by Evlana with funding from Arts Council Commission Award 2023)
Schoenberg arr. Webern Chamber Symphony (arranged for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano)
Cassandra Miller Perfect Offering 

Funded by the Arts Council Touring Award

About Evlana
Evlana’s inaugural concert took place at the University Church Dublin in 2015 with support from the Arts Council. This concert was later broadcast on Lyric FM. It featured several Irish premieres including Changing Light (Kaija Saariaho), Zipangu (Claude Vivier) and Taromirs Tid (Karin Rehnqvist) and the world premiere of Siobhán Cleary’s Her Kind for soprano, piccolo and string orchestra.

Evlana prioritises music of our time but also engages with repertoire of previous centuries. Commissioning new works is integral to the objectives of Evlana as well as providing opportunities for repeat performances. A chamber ensemble concert was held at the National Gallery of Ireland in 2018 featuring music by Tailleferre, Lili Boulanger, Messiaen, Saariaho and Takemitsu and the Irish premiere of Siobhán Cleary’s Ondine. It was subsequently broadcast on Lyric Fm’s Sound Out. In 2021, Evlana made their New Music Dublin debut at three concerts which included works by Judith Ring, Donnacha Dennehy, Amanda Feery, Gráinne Mulvey, Ian Wilson, Linda Buckley, Elaine Agnew, Deirdre McKay, Raymond Deane, John Buckley and world premieres by Jane Deasy and John McLachlan (Evlana/NMD commission). 2022 saw Evlana perform a concert with writer Michael Harding at King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon and a four-venue tour of Ireland funded by the Arts Council Touring Award which took Ravel’s Ondine as its starting point of a 100-year survey including works by Rebecca Clarke, George Walker, Nino Rota, Toru Takemitsu, Keiko Abe, and Kaija Saariaho. In April 2023, Evlana performed a concert at New Music Dublin which included works by Solfa Carlile, Fergus Johnston, Seoirse Bodley, George Crumb, Missy Mazzoli, Pamela Z and a new Evlana / NMD commission by Jenn Kirby. In May 2023 at the NCH, Evlana performed a concert featuring work by Jessie Montgomery, Jonathan Nangle, Jane O’ Leary, John Corigliano and Cassandra Miller with funding from the Arts Council Arts Grant Fund. In November 2023, Evlana took a concert of works by composers involved in the First Peoples Project to Cork and Dublin. 2024 will see a concert at Finding a Voice Festival, a performance by the Evlana Sinfonietta at New Music Dublin and a tour in June to Castlebar, Sligo, Kilkenny and Dublin. www.evlana.com. 

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