Date Sunday, November 28th 3:00 pm
Venue Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle
Veronica McSwiney, Thérèse Fahy, Conor Linehan, Fionnuala Moynihan, and Máire Carroll

THE MUSIC OF FRIENDS
Presented by the Dublin International Chamber Music Festival (Great Music in Irish Houses) in partnership with the Office of Public Works

A gathering of musical friends for two special concerts on Sunday, November 28th, 2021 in the elegant, historical Chapel Royal of Dublin Castle.

AFTERNOON CONCERT
At 3.00 pm a collective of five of Ireland’s leading pianists will perform a selection of works for solo piano which have had personal meaning to each of them during the pandemic. In recognition of and to honour the work and sacrifices made by our keyworkers, the concert will also include a selection of pieces nominated by heroic frontline workers.

Featuring Veronica McSwiney, Thérèse Fahy, Conor Linehan, Fionnuala Moynihan, and Máire Carroll.

Fionnuala Moynihan

Ludovico Einaudi: Experience
WA Mozart: Adagio in B Minor, K540

Veronica McSwiney

Claude Debussy: Clair de lune
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat Major Op 9 No 2

Máire Carroll

Philip Glass: Piano Étude No 6
Paul Harvey: Four Notes- Paul’s Tune

Thérèse Fahy

Sergei Rachmaninov: Prelude in B Minor Op 32 No 10
Claude Debussy: Reflets dans l’eau from Images Book I

Conor Linehan

JS Bach/Myra Hess: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Choral: Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man’s desiring)
Ross Parker & Hughie Charles/Conor Linehan: We’ll Meet Again

The safety of our audience, performers and staff is our very important to us. We have put in place comprehensive measures to ensure that everyone can safely enjoy this event. We will follow Government guidelines and operate under public health advice in relation to social distancing, limited capacities and contactless experiences. The wearing of masks and showing of Covid certificate will be necessary at both concerts. We will adapt our protocols to include any new Government guidelines that may be issued over the coming weeks.

For more information in relation to COVID-19 please see the HSE website.

The Dublin International Chamber Music Festival (Great Music in Irish Houses) is funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and supported by the Office of Public Works and Culture Ireland.