The Four Seasons Chamber Music Series: The Last Rose of Summer

David Tobin, violin
Johanna Keszei, flute
Andreas Ioannides, piano

Beethoven 'Spring' Sonata 
Gráinne Mulvey ‘Fothrach’ (World Premiere)
Reinecke Sonata Undine
Bartók A selection of duos 
Wallace Last Rose of Summer

Four Seasons Chamber Music Series: inviting audiences on a journey through the seasons, with music exploring themes of light and shadow, water and ice, and the passing of time.

Leading Irish violinist, David Tobin, together with outstanding Cypriot pianist Andreas Ioannides and Hungarian rising star Johanna Keszei on flute, present a concert of spring, water, storytelling, and summertime. Beginning with Beethoven’s ‘Spring’ Sonata and finishing with William Wallace’s famous, The Last Rose of Summer, this programme promises colour, light, hope, and joy as we move through the seasons. In between, Keszei introduces us to Undine, the cheeky water spirit in search of true love, in Carl Reinecke’s programmatic interpretation of the German Romantic tale by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque. Finally, we are reminded of the history that lives and breathes in nature with the world premiere of Gráinne Mulvey’s ‘Fothrach’, meaning ‘ruin’ – a piece reflecting the ruins of Tara, the central seat of the high kings of Ireland, and the plunder that took place there.

Violinist David Tobin has developed a reputation as one of Ireland’s leading classical musicians. He is currently based in Berlin and tours internationally as a violin soloist, chamber musician, conductor and concertmaster. 

Tobin has performed as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Aachen and the New York Concerti Sinfonietta in Carnegie Hall. He has also played as concertmaster of Deutsche Oper Berlin, National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, European Union Youth Orchestra and Cologne Chamber Orchestra and as co-leader with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer and West-Eastern Divan with Daniel Barenboim. David Tobin made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in New York last year and plays regularly with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

Andreas Ioannides, a Lecturer in Piano and Chamber Music at TU Dublin Conservatoire, has collaborated with esteemed artists including John Sharp, Joseph Swensen, Atar Arad, Mark Kaplan, Peter Stumpf, the Pacifica and Ariel quartets. Ioannides is also prizewinner of the BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro and the Hastings International Piano Competition in the UK and, more recently, he turned his attention to recording projects including a 2-disc album released by NAXOS in honour of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. He holds a Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University, mentored by legendary pianist Menahem Pressler.

Johanna Keszei has worked with great conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Christian Thielemann and Daniel Barenboim, performing with world-leading orchestras like Leipzig Gewandhaus, Konzerthaus Berlin and Deutsche Oper. She has performed chamber music with Carolin Widmann in the Apollo Hall of Berlin's State Opera House and is 1st Prizewinner of the prestigious Kuhlau International Flute Competition, Dutch International Flute Competition and the Flautiada International Flute Contest. She made her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist in 2023.

Presented by NCH