Past Events 2012-2017
John F. Larchet Remembered
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June concert celebrates the life of Irish composer John F. Larchet, fifty years after his death.
A concert at Dublin’s Hugh Lane Gallery on 11th June will remember Irish composer John F. Larchet, fifty years after his death. The concert is presented by Dublin City Gallery in association with Irish Songmakers as part of the popular Hugh Lane Gallery’s ‘Sundays @ Noon’ series. Irish singers Raphaela Mangan (mezzo-soprano) and Gavan Ring (baritone), accompanied by Niall Kinsella (piano) will perform the first ever recital of his complete songs for voice and piano. They will be joined by Lynda O’Connor (violin), who will perform some of Larchet’s music for violin and piano. The free-admission concert takes place at 12 noon, Sunday 11th June 2017, at The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Niall Kinsella, pianist & artistic director of Irish Songmakers, said: “John F. Larchet influenced a generation of Irish composers through his teaching and is largely responsible for the course 20th-Century Irish Music has taken. It’s such a privilege to be able to bring together such talented performers in the sublime setting of the Hugh Lane Gallery to celebrate his memory through the first performance of all of his songs.” Raphaela Mangan mezzo-soprano Gavan Ring baritone Niall Kinsella piano with Lynda O’Connor violin Sunday 11th June 2017, 12 Noon Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square, Dublin 1 Admission Free Presented by Dublin City Gallery as part of the Hugh Lane Sundays @ Noon Series, in association with Irish Songmakers. |
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2017/2018 Season @ National Concert Hall
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We are delighted to share details of our 2017/18 season at the National Concert Hall, Dublin:
Friday 8 September, 2017 @ 1:05pm TAMMY HENSRUD mezzo-soprano (USA), NIALL KINSELLA piano "September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill" Friday 27 October, 2017 @ 1:05pm SYLVIA O'BRIEN soprano, NIALL KINSELLA piano "Postcards from France: Songs and Arias" Friday 19 January, 2018 @ 1:05pm RAPHAELA MANGAN mezzo-soprano, GAVAN RING baritone, NIALL KINSELLA piano "John F. Larchet Remembered: Complete Songs" Friday 23 March, 2018 @ 1:05pm OWEN GILHOOLY tenor, NIALL KINSELLA piano "Songs of a Gypsy Life" |
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An English Songbook
Soprano Cara O’Sullivan returns to the intimate surroundings of John Field Room to perform a programme of beloved English songs, including those of Roger Quilter, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Benjamin Britten, Michael Head and many more.
Regarded as “undoubtedly the Irish superstar of her genatation” (Irish Times), Cara O’Sullivan performs a recital with pianist Niall Kinsella, showcasing the beautiful music and texts of 20th Century English Song.
An English Songbook
Cara O’Sullivan, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Friday 29th July 2016, 1:05pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Tickets €16 (Concessions €14)
Booking on (01) 417 0000 / www.nch.ie
Regarded as “undoubtedly the Irish superstar of her genatation” (Irish Times), Cara O’Sullivan performs a recital with pianist Niall Kinsella, showcasing the beautiful music and texts of 20th Century English Song.
An English Songbook
Cara O’Sullivan, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Friday 29th July 2016, 1:05pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Tickets €16 (Concessions €14)
Booking on (01) 417 0000 / www.nch.ie
Damsels Damned and Divas Delighted!
Join soprano Sandra Oman and pianist Niall Kinsella for a recital celebrating the infamous damsels and divas of Opera and Song, featuring the music of Handel, Puccini, Gounod, Schubert, Jonathan Dove and Gilbert & Sullivan.
Described as “outstanding” by Opera Now Magazine, Sandra Oman is a firm favourite with Irish audiences, and this concert celebrates the divas and damsels that have inhabited centuries of the best-loved music from the worlds of Opera and Art Song. In a programme spanning from Handel to Gilbert and Sullivan, and many others in between, Sandra touches on moments of passion, intense drama, amorous desire and hilarity, all of these combined with her inimitable charm and magnetic stage persona.
Repertoire to include: Endless Pleasure, Lascia Ch’io Pianga (Handel), The Jewel Song (Gounod), Gretchen am Spinnrade, (Schubert), Five Am'rous Sighs (Jonathan Dove), Don’t Be Cross (Zeller), The Sun Whose Rays (Gilbert & Sullivan).
Damsels Damned and Divas Delighted!
Sandra Oman, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Friday 8th July 2016, 1:05pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Tickets €16 (Concessions €14)
Booking on (01) 417 0000 / www.nch.ie
Described as “outstanding” by Opera Now Magazine, Sandra Oman is a firm favourite with Irish audiences, and this concert celebrates the divas and damsels that have inhabited centuries of the best-loved music from the worlds of Opera and Art Song. In a programme spanning from Handel to Gilbert and Sullivan, and many others in between, Sandra touches on moments of passion, intense drama, amorous desire and hilarity, all of these combined with her inimitable charm and magnetic stage persona.
Repertoire to include: Endless Pleasure, Lascia Ch’io Pianga (Handel), The Jewel Song (Gounod), Gretchen am Spinnrade, (Schubert), Five Am'rous Sighs (Jonathan Dove), Don’t Be Cross (Zeller), The Sun Whose Rays (Gilbert & Sullivan).
Damsels Damned and Divas Delighted!
Sandra Oman, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Friday 8th July 2016, 1:05pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Tickets €16 (Concessions €14)
Booking on (01) 417 0000 / www.nch.ie
"to light, freedom and song..."
A concert of Thomas Moore’s songs of Rising and Rebellion
commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising.
Friday 11th March 2016, 7:30pm
Pearse Museum and St Enda's Park, Rathfarnham.
Tickets €10/5 from +353 1 4934208 / [email protected]
(Presented by OPW)
Saturday 12th March 2016, 7:30pm
St Finian’s Lutherhaus, 24 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2
(Opposite the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital)
Book tickets here.
Sunday 13th March 2016, 7:30pm
Carlingford Heritage Centre, Co. Louth
Phone: +353 (0) 42 9373454
Book tickets here.
Tickets €15
Concessions (Student/OAP) €12
In commemoration of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, Irish Songmakers present a concert of Thomas Moore’s best-loved Irish Melodies in Dublin and in Louth at 7:30pm on March 12th and 13th respectively.
Thomas Moore’s beloved songs are the fusion of Irish folk melodies, collected by Edward Bunting at the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival, and original poetry by Moore, often with nationalistic and political themes of rebellion and patriotism. The songs frequently reference the Irish national emblem, the Harp, as a symbol of freedom and the country’s voice, and also ‘Erin’ the female personification of Ireland. Moore’s beautiful songs have given inspiration to early arrangements by John Stevenson, Henry Rowley Bishop, Michael William Balfe, Charles Villiers Stanford, Beethoven, and more modern arrangements by Herbert Hughes and Benjamin Britten. The ever-evocative texts have become the basis of original compositions by Henri Duparc, Hector Berlioz (translated into French), Frank Lambert, Charles Ives and William Bolcom. The songs in their original form still hold a special place in the hearts of Irish music lovers, and many of the national music competitions still dedicate categories to Moore’s Irish Melodies. The programme features many favourite songs, including ‘Tis the Last Rose of Summer’, ‘Silent, Oh Moyle!’, ‘The Minstrel Boy’, ‘The Meeting of the Waters’, and the beautiful ‘Coulin’.
The concerts will be performed by some of Ireland’s finest singers, soprano Sinéad Ní Mhurchú, mezzo-soprano Raphaela Mangan and tenor Owen Gilhooly, accompanied on piano by Niall Kinsella.
commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising.
Friday 11th March 2016, 7:30pm
Pearse Museum and St Enda's Park, Rathfarnham.
Tickets €10/5 from +353 1 4934208 / [email protected]
(Presented by OPW)
Saturday 12th March 2016, 7:30pm
St Finian’s Lutherhaus, 24 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2
(Opposite the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital)
Book tickets here.
Sunday 13th March 2016, 7:30pm
Carlingford Heritage Centre, Co. Louth
Phone: +353 (0) 42 9373454
Book tickets here.
Tickets €15
Concessions (Student/OAP) €12
In commemoration of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, Irish Songmakers present a concert of Thomas Moore’s best-loved Irish Melodies in Dublin and in Louth at 7:30pm on March 12th and 13th respectively.
Thomas Moore’s beloved songs are the fusion of Irish folk melodies, collected by Edward Bunting at the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival, and original poetry by Moore, often with nationalistic and political themes of rebellion and patriotism. The songs frequently reference the Irish national emblem, the Harp, as a symbol of freedom and the country’s voice, and also ‘Erin’ the female personification of Ireland. Moore’s beautiful songs have given inspiration to early arrangements by John Stevenson, Henry Rowley Bishop, Michael William Balfe, Charles Villiers Stanford, Beethoven, and more modern arrangements by Herbert Hughes and Benjamin Britten. The ever-evocative texts have become the basis of original compositions by Henri Duparc, Hector Berlioz (translated into French), Frank Lambert, Charles Ives and William Bolcom. The songs in their original form still hold a special place in the hearts of Irish music lovers, and many of the national music competitions still dedicate categories to Moore’s Irish Melodies. The programme features many favourite songs, including ‘Tis the Last Rose of Summer’, ‘Silent, Oh Moyle!’, ‘The Minstrel Boy’, ‘The Meeting of the Waters’, and the beautiful ‘Coulin’.
The concerts will be performed by some of Ireland’s finest singers, soprano Sinéad Ní Mhurchú, mezzo-soprano Raphaela Mangan and tenor Owen Gilhooly, accompanied on piano by Niall Kinsella.
Sinéad Ní Mhurchú, soprano & Niall Kinsella, piano @ Cork School of Music
Sinéad Ní Mhurchú, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Programme includes songs by Fauré, Ravel,
Wagner & R. Strauss.
Friday 13th November 2015, 1:05pm
Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
Admission Free
Niall Kinsella, piano
Programme includes songs by Fauré, Ravel,
Wagner & R. Strauss.
Friday 13th November 2015, 1:05pm
Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
Admission Free
Kathleen Ferrier: A Life in Music
Described as ‘an evocative and genuine tribute’ by the Sunday Business Post, Irish contralto Raphaela Mangan and pianist Niall Kinsella reprise their concert in celebration of the life great English singer Kathleen Ferrier, whose meteoric rise to fame in the 1940s was cut short by her untimely death in 1953.
Join internationally award-winning contralto Raphaela Mangan and pianist Niall Kinsella for a lunchtime concert of music associated with Kathleen Ferrier – one of the greatest voices of the 20th-Century. Reprising their much- acclaimed concert by popular demand, the programme contains music by Handel, Schubert, Mahler, Elgar and favourites such as ‘Blow the Wind Southerly’, ‘What is Life to me Without Thee?’ and ‘The Salley Gardens’.
Kathleen Ferrier: A Life in Music
Raphaela Mangan, contralto
Niall Kinsella, piano
Friday 31 July 2015, 1.05pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Tickets €15 (Concessions €12)
Booking on (01) 417 0000 or at www.nch.ie
Join internationally award-winning contralto Raphaela Mangan and pianist Niall Kinsella for a lunchtime concert of music associated with Kathleen Ferrier – one of the greatest voices of the 20th-Century. Reprising their much- acclaimed concert by popular demand, the programme contains music by Handel, Schubert, Mahler, Elgar and favourites such as ‘Blow the Wind Southerly’, ‘What is Life to me Without Thee?’ and ‘The Salley Gardens’.
Kathleen Ferrier: A Life in Music
Raphaela Mangan, contralto
Niall Kinsella, piano
Friday 31 July 2015, 1.05pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Tickets €15 (Concessions €12)
Booking on (01) 417 0000 or at www.nch.ie
An Evening with Sandra Oman
Join one of Ireland's favourite sopranos, Sandra Oman, accompanist Niall Kinsella and special guestJohn Molloy (bass) for an evening of opera arias, duets, songs and more at Dublin's beautiful Freemasons' Hall.
Sandra Oman has been described as "outstanding" by Opera Now Magazine and has enjoyed many performances as principal soprano with companies such as Opera Ireland, Lyric Opera, Opera Holland Park and Opera in the Open, to name a few.
International bass John Molloy is no stranger to opera audiences in Ireland and abroad following recently acclaimed performances in The Elixir of Love (OTC), La Cenerentola (Scottish Opera), The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (OTC/Rough Magic) and Nixon in China (Wide Open Opera).
This concert featuring the music of Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini and songs from popular musicals is one not to be missed!
An Evening with Sandra Oman, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Special Guest: John Molloy, bass
Saturday 20th June 2015, 8pm
Freemasons' Hall
Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
Tickets €20 from www.eventbrite.ie
Sandra Oman has been described as "outstanding" by Opera Now Magazine and has enjoyed many performances as principal soprano with companies such as Opera Ireland, Lyric Opera, Opera Holland Park and Opera in the Open, to name a few.
International bass John Molloy is no stranger to opera audiences in Ireland and abroad following recently acclaimed performances in The Elixir of Love (OTC), La Cenerentola (Scottish Opera), The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (OTC/Rough Magic) and Nixon in China (Wide Open Opera).
This concert featuring the music of Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini and songs from popular musicals is one not to be missed!
An Evening with Sandra Oman, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Special Guest: John Molloy, bass
Saturday 20th June 2015, 8pm
Freemasons' Hall
Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
Tickets €20 from www.eventbrite.ie
Recital with Cara O'Sullivan
Join one of Ireland’s leading sopranos Cara O’Sullivan accompanied on piano byNiall Kinsella in the intimacy of the John Field Room for a lunchtime concert of Baroque arias, celebrated Art Songs and beloved Irish melodies…along with some lighter favourites! A favourite performer with audiences in Ireland and on the international stage, Cara brings her inimitable charm and musicality to the National Concert Hall once again in a concert that is not to be missed!
Programme includes Italian Baroque Arias, songs by Henry Purcell, Joaquin Rodrigo and Roger Quilter, and Irish folksongs arranged by Herbert Hughes.
Cara O'Sullivan, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Friday April 10th 2015, 1:05pm
National Concert Hall
Tickets €15/12
Available from NCH Box Office
www.nch.ie or (01) 417 0000
Programme includes Italian Baroque Arias, songs by Henry Purcell, Joaquin Rodrigo and Roger Quilter, and Irish folksongs arranged by Herbert Hughes.
Cara O'Sullivan, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Friday April 10th 2015, 1:05pm
National Concert Hall
Tickets €15/12
Available from NCH Box Office
www.nch.ie or (01) 417 0000
Kathleen Ferrier: A Life in Music
Raphaela Mangan, contralto
Niall Kinsella, piano
Wednesday 23 July 2014, 8pm
National Concert Hall, John Field Room
Tickets €18 (Concessions 10%)
Available from NCH Box Office
(01) 417 0000 | www.nch.ie
One of the greatest voices of the 20th-Century, legendary English contralto Kathleen Ferrierenjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in the 1940s, cut short by her untimely death to cancer in 1953. She worked with the world’s finest conductors and musicians and composers wrote music especially for her to sing. Despite this, she remained a humble person and never lost her widespread audience appeal.
Join Irish contralto Raphaela Mangan and pianist Niall Kinsella for an evening concert exploring the music of the much loved singer Kathleen Ferrier. Reprising a concert they performed on the centenary of Ferrier’s birth, the programme will include music by Handel, Glück, Schubert, Mahler, Quilter, Britten and many more.
Niall Kinsella, piano
Wednesday 23 July 2014, 8pm
National Concert Hall, John Field Room
Tickets €18 (Concessions 10%)
Available from NCH Box Office
(01) 417 0000 | www.nch.ie
One of the greatest voices of the 20th-Century, legendary English contralto Kathleen Ferrierenjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in the 1940s, cut short by her untimely death to cancer in 1953. She worked with the world’s finest conductors and musicians and composers wrote music especially for her to sing. Despite this, she remained a humble person and never lost her widespread audience appeal.
Join Irish contralto Raphaela Mangan and pianist Niall Kinsella for an evening concert exploring the music of the much loved singer Kathleen Ferrier. Reprising a concert they performed on the centenary of Ferrier’s birth, the programme will include music by Handel, Glück, Schubert, Mahler, Quilter, Britten and many more.
Art Songs and Arias at Christ Church Cathedral
Raphaela Mangan, mezzo-soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Saturday 19 July 2014, 3pm
Christchurch Cathedral Dublin
Admission included in entry to Cathedral (€6/4.50/2)
Songs and arias by Purcell, Britten, Schubert, Mahler….
Niall Kinsella, piano
Saturday 19 July 2014, 3pm
Christchurch Cathedral Dublin
Admission included in entry to Cathedral (€6/4.50/2)
Songs and arias by Purcell, Britten, Schubert, Mahler….
Lieder Masterclass with Alison Browner
Schumann, Brahms and Mahler: German Romantic Song
Thursday March 20th 2014,
10am-1pm; 2pm-5pm
Royal Irish Academy of Music
We are delighted to welcome back Alison Browner again to work with singers from RIAM and Irish Songmakers on the lieder of Schumann, Brahms and Mahler. Once again, we will be offering a scholarship to young singers to participate in this masterclass.
This year's masterclass participants are:
Sinéad Ní Mhurchú, soprano
Maria McGrann, soprano
Bríd Ní Ghruagáin, mezzo-soprano
Rory Lynch, tenor
They will be accompanied by Niall Kinsella. The masterclass will also feature singing students of the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
www.alisonbrowner.com
Thursday March 20th 2014,
10am-1pm; 2pm-5pm
Royal Irish Academy of Music
We are delighted to welcome back Alison Browner again to work with singers from RIAM and Irish Songmakers on the lieder of Schumann, Brahms and Mahler. Once again, we will be offering a scholarship to young singers to participate in this masterclass.
This year's masterclass participants are:
Sinéad Ní Mhurchú, soprano
Maria McGrann, soprano
Bríd Ní Ghruagáin, mezzo-soprano
Rory Lynch, tenor
They will be accompanied by Niall Kinsella. The masterclass will also feature singing students of the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
www.alisonbrowner.com
| Lieder Masterclass with Alison Browner - Suggested Repertoire List |
Art Songs at Lunchtime
Helene Hutchinson, soprano
Fiona Hickey, mezzo-soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Mahler, Fauré, Larchet etc.
Saturday 20 July 2013, 1.15pm
Christchurch Cathedral
Admission in entrance ti Cathedral (€6/4.50/2)
Fiona Hickey, mezzo-soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Mahler, Fauré, Larchet etc.
Saturday 20 July 2013, 1.15pm
Christchurch Cathedral
Admission in entrance ti Cathedral (€6/4.50/2)
Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano) & Andreas Frese (piano)
Irish Songmakers presents
Sharon Carty, mezzo-soprano
Andreas Frese, piano
Berlioz: Songs from Les nuits d'été
Head: Over the Rim of the Moon
Britten: Selected Folksong Arrangements
Sunday 16th June 2013, 3pm
Freemasons' Hall
Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
Tickets €15 available from
www.centralticketbureau.com / 0818 205 205
Sharon Carty, mezzo-soprano
Andreas Frese, piano
Berlioz: Songs from Les nuits d'été
Head: Over the Rim of the Moon
Britten: Selected Folksong Arrangements
Sunday 16th June 2013, 3pm
Freemasons' Hall
Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
Tickets €15 available from
www.centralticketbureau.com / 0818 205 205
Lieder Masterclass with Alison Browner
Lieder Masterclass with Alison Browner, Mezzo-Soprano
Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Alison Browner will give vocal masterclasses on Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf lieder to texts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on February 28 in the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. There will also be a lecture on Goethean song settings by scholar Dr Lorraine Byrne-Bodley. Accompanied by Niall Kinsella.
Thursday 28 February, 10am - 5pm
Masterclass Sessions: 10am-12noon
Lecture: 12noon
Lunch: 1pm
Masterclass Sessions: 2pm-5pm
Recital Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music
36-38 Westland Row, Dublin 2
Free admission and all are welcome.
This masterclass is presented by Royal Irish Academy of Music in association with Irish Songmakers.
Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Alison Browner will give vocal masterclasses on Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf lieder to texts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on February 28 in the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. There will also be a lecture on Goethean song settings by scholar Dr Lorraine Byrne-Bodley. Accompanied by Niall Kinsella.
Thursday 28 February, 10am - 5pm
Masterclass Sessions: 10am-12noon
Lecture: 12noon
Lunch: 1pm
Masterclass Sessions: 2pm-5pm
Recital Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music
36-38 Westland Row, Dublin 2
Free admission and all are welcome.
This masterclass is presented by Royal Irish Academy of Music in association with Irish Songmakers.
Double Bill Recital: In Praise of Women & Night and Dreams
Irish Songmakers Double-Bill Recital
In Praise of Women: Songs by Female Composers
Niamh Abbey, soprano, Niall Kinsella, piano
Night and Dreams
Helene Hutchinson, soprano, Niall Kinsella, piano
Freemasons' Hall,
Molesworth Street, Dublin 2,
Sunday July 8, 2012 @ 4pm
Tickets €10 (at the door)
In Praise of Women: Songs by Female Composers
Niamh Abbey, soprano, Niall Kinsella, piano
Night and Dreams
Helene Hutchinson, soprano, Niall Kinsella, piano
Freemasons' Hall,
Molesworth Street, Dublin 2,
Sunday July 8, 2012 @ 4pm
Tickets €10 (at the door)
Kathleen Ferrier: A Life in Music
Irish Songmakers Recital
Kathleen Ferrier: A Life in Music
Raphaela Mangan, contralto
Niall Kinsella, piano
with Helene Hutchinson, soprano, Fearghal Curtis, tenor, Seán Boylan, baritone.
Freemasons' Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
Sunday April 22, 2012 @ 4pm
Tickets €10 (at the door)
Kathleen Ferrier: A Life in Music
Raphaela Mangan, contralto
Niall Kinsella, piano
with Helene Hutchinson, soprano, Fearghal Curtis, tenor, Seán Boylan, baritone.
Freemasons' Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
Sunday April 22, 2012 @ 4pm
Tickets €10 (at the door)
