Media Release 11 March 2016
National Concert Hall launches new programme for restored KEVIN BARRY RECITAL ROOM after major development
• Fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh announced as inaugural Kevin Barry Recital Room Resident Artist for 2016
• New music series announced for Kevin Barry Recital Room
o Conor Biggs & Michel Stas continue with Schubertreise 24th April
o Vanbrugh Quartet perform the complete Beethoven String Quartets 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th May & 5th June at 3pm
o Now This: Gary Peacock, Marc Copland, Joey Baron to perform two nights 12th/13th May
o Bach and his Contemporaries series announced to start 16th June
o Sinéad Gleeson explores the short story in The Long Gaze Back, 30th April
Tickets for the Kevin Barry Recital Room concerts go On Sale Monday 14 March, 10am (or Friday 11th for Friends of the National Concert Hall)The National Concert Hall is delighted to announce a brand new musical programme for the restored Kevin Barry Room to start 24th April 2016. (The official opening of the restored historic Kevin Barry Room, will take place on Monday 11th April 2016).
The newly restored room complete with acoustic treatment and sound proofing, new lighting and sound systems, will provide a stage for a vast range of contemporary, traditional, jazz and classical artists and ensembles.
View a 3D walkthrough of the newly restored room here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiG-ooT3nLo
Simon Taylor, CEO of the National Concert Hall said:
“These rooms are of significant historical importance; between December 14th 1921 and January 10th 1922 they were the setting for the treaty ratification debates of the second Dáil Éireann, following the signing of the Anglo Irish Treaty in London on December 6th. It is fitting that the rooms should be restored and re-purposed in this, the Ireland 2016 centenary year. The room will provide a platform for artists to perform more intimate concerts of all genres, allowing us to reach out to new audiences and expand our programme offering. We very much look forward to welcoming audiences and performers into this new space.”
KEVIN BARRY RECITAL ROOM SERIESThe Kevin Barry Recital Room series comprises of a musical programme featuring the Vanbrugh Quartet, which plays the complete Beethoven String Quartets in a series of Sunday afternoon concerts (Sunday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th May & 5th June 2016 at 3pm).
The renowned fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, best-known as a member of The Gloaming, will be the inaugural Kevin Barry Recital Room Resident Artist. He will be joined by guests artists for four concerts including Garth Knox (viola d’amore) on 28th April, Cormac Begley (concertina) on 19th May, Dan Trueman (hardanger) on the 26th May and Per Oddvar Johansen (drums & percussion) on the 15th June.
Now This: Gary Peacock (double bass), Marc Copland (piano), and Joey Baron (drums) perform powerful new versions of some Peacock classics, interspersed with recent compositions on the 12th and 13th of May 2016.
Conor Biggs (bass) and Michel Stas (piano) continue Schubertreise on 24th of April in which they explore the Schubert Song cycle.
On 30th of April broadcaster and journalist Sinéad Gleeson explores the literary gem that is the short story in The Long Gaze Back – an exhilarating anthology of thirty short stories by some of the most gifted women writers Ireland has ever produced.
Bach and his Contemporaries sees a number of Irish musicians performing a rich tapestry of Baroque music focusing on Bach and his contemporaries; Redmond O’Toole (guitar) on 16th June; Malcolm Proud (harpsichord) on 23rd June, and Claire Duff (violin) joined by cellist Sarah McMahon on the 30th of June.
The inaugural Kevin Barry Room Recital Room series is supported by The Sunday Business Post and Newstalk 106.For more information on the series please see www.nch.ie Tickets from €15 on Tel: 01 417 0000 or www.nch.ie
Tickets for the Kevin Barry Recital Room concerts go On Sale Monday 14 March, 10am (or Friday 11th for Friends of the National Concert Hall)
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For further information please contact: Sinead Doyle, Marketing & PR Manager, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2. Tel: 01 417 0057/ 087 1775334
