Date Thursday June 5th at 7:30pm
Venue Rathfarnham Castle

Dermot Dunne & Martin Tourish, accordions

Admission €25/20

JS Bach arranged by Dermot Dunne: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

“…accordionists Dermot Dunne and Martin Tourish playing every note of Bach’s Goldberg Variations in the most life-enhancing performance of this greatest of masterpieces I’ve ever heard”

(The Arts Desk)

Following much-lauded performances of a special arrangement of JS Bach’s towering work, Goldberg Variations at Casino Marino last year, we are delighted to welcome back accordionists Dermot Dunne and Martin Tourish for a repeat performance this season.

On this occasion, they present Dunne’s own brilliant arrangement of this extraordinary masterpiece by Bach in the magnificent surroundings of the Elizabethan Rathfarnham Castle, in the charming neighbourhood of Rathfarnham Village.

Presented in partnership with the Office of Public Works and in association with Rathfarnham Castle

Rathfarnham Castle

Grange Road, Rathfarnham D14 K3T6
www.rathfarnhamcastle.ie | +353 1 4939462

The original castle at Rathfarnham dates back to the Elizabethan period and was built for Archbishop Adam Loftus, an ambitious Yorkshire clergyman who later became Lord Chancellor of Ireland. In the late eighteenth century, the house was remodelled on a splendid scale employing some of the finest architects of the day including Sir William Chambers and James ‘Athenian’ Stuart.

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