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2018/19 Season


Songs of Travel 

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Christopher Cull, baritone
Niall Kinsella, piano

Friday 5th October 2018, 1:05pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin, John Field Room
Tickets €16 (Concessions €14)
www.nch.ie / (01) 417 0000
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Programme includes:
Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved), Op. 98
Hugo Wolf: Heimweh (Homesickness); Im Frühling (In Spring); Fußreise (Journey on Foot)
Vaughan-Williams: Songs of Travel

Rising star baritone Christopher Cull and pianist Niall Kinsella kick off Irish Songmakers’ 2018/19 season with a recital exploring songs of wandering, distant lovers, and the search for home. The programme includes Vaughan-Williams much-loved songcycle “Songs of Travel”, Beethoven’s “An die ferne Geliebte” (To the distant beloved) and songs by Hugo Wolf.


Schubert: Rivers, Lakes, Seas

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Sharon Carty, mezzo-soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Musici Ireland - Mia Cooper, violin; Beth McNinch, viola; Ailbhe McDonagh, cello; Sarah Halpin, double bass.

Friday 18th January 2019, 1:05pm
​National Concert Hall, Dublin, John Field Room
Tickets €16 (Concessions €14)
www.nch.ie / (01) 417 0000

Programme incudes:
Schubert: Selected songs, including Die Forelle, D.550; Erlafsee, D.586; Fischerweise, D.881
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major “Trout-Quintet”, D667

​Leading Irish chamber ensemble Musici Ireland join forces with Irish Songmakers for this concert, which features Schubert’s famous “Trout-Quintet”, based partly on his song “The Trout”. In addition to this chamber music masterpiece, Irish mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty and pianist Niall Kinsella perform a selection of Schubert songs on the theme of “Rivers, Lakes & Seas”, including “Die Forelle” (The Trout), “Erlafsee” and “Fischerweise”.
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Four Hands | Four Voices

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Rebecca Cohen, piano
Niall Kinsella, piano

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Maria McGrann, soprano
Sarah Richmond, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Gavin, tenor
Kevin Neville, baritone

Friday 29th March 2019, 1:05pm
​National Concert Hall, Dublin, John Field Room
Tickets €16 (Concessions €14)
www.nch.ie / (01) 417 0000

Programme includes:
Schubert: Four Polonaises, D.599
Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138
Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52
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“Four Hands – Four Voices” showcases the exquisite repertoire for piano duo and voices. Welsh pianist Rebecca Cohen, finalist in the Das Lied International Song Competition, joins Niall Kinsella and four of Ireland’s finest emerging singers to perform Brahms’ Liebeslieder-Waltzer (Love-Song Waltzes) and Schumann’s Spanische Liebeslieder (Spanish Love Songs), plus delightful piano duets by Schubert.
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Shakespeare in Song...in Sonnet

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Andrew Ashwin, baritone
Niall Kinsella, piano
with readings by actor Ingrid Craigie

Friday 31st May 2019, 1:05pm
​National Concert Hall, Dublin, John Field Room
Tickets €16 (Concessions €14)
www.nch.ie / (01) 417 0000

Schubert: Trinklied, D.888; Ständchen, D.889; An Sylvia, D.891
Roger Quilter: Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 6
Madeleine Dring: Seven Shakespeare Songs

The great bard William Shakespeare’s impact on language, literature and song cannot be underestimated. This concert features settings of his texts by Franz Schubert, Roger Quilter and British female composer Madeleine Dring. Distinguished English baritone Andrew Ashwin joins Irish Songmakers to perform this beautiful music, and Ingrid Craigie, one of Ireland’s favourite actors, reads a selection of Shakespeare’s most beloved sonnets.
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