From Reservoir to Russborough - An evening of music with Cora Venus Lunny & Yurodny

The Mermaid Arts Centre will play host to the premiere of two live performance films commissioned and curated by Wicklow Arts Office alongside a live musical performance.

Currents composed by violinist Cora Venus Lunny has been captured in a unique performance film inside the old pumphouse at Poulaphouca Reservoir.

A performance film shot with Yurodny ensemble in the surroundings of Russborough House, not far from Poulaphouca reservoir will also be presented on the evening. 

The night will see live performances from those involved in both films.

The films were made in January, on site in Wicklow by SoFFT Productions, and capture the beautiful settings of both Russborough for the Yurodny piece and the Poulaphouca Reservoir for Cora Venus Lunny +quartet.   

Artists

Cora Venus Lunny
Cora Venus Lunny lives in Wicklow and  is an improvising violinist, violist, vocalist and composer with extensive performing, touring, and recording experience in contemporary, classical, improvised, and folk music. A member of Yurodny and Fovea Hex, they frequently perform with Crash Ensemble, solo as a free improviser and in free duo with Izumi Kimura. Lunny is well-known for their pedigree in classical and traditional music, playing with artists from Nigel Kennedy to Sinead O’Connor. As an improviser and composer, they bring their virtuoso technique on violin and viola together with a fascination with consciousness and groove, to bring the dizzying heights of contemporary classical string playing into jazz and folk-influenced soundworlds. They have worked with, to mention just a few, Damien Rice, The Republic of Loose, Kanye West, Laura Sheeran, The Jimmy Cake, Camille O’Sullivan, Julie Feeney, The Blizzards. Their interests began to branch out from the classical soloist template which they had been indoctrinated in, and their skills expanded to incorporate improvisation, composition, the viola, vocal & ensemble work, and recording. 

The quartet includes: Cora, Izumi Kimura, David Lacey and Niwel Tsumbu

Yurodny
Founded in 2007 by saxophonist and composer Nick Roth, the Yurodny Ensemble perform contemporary interpretations of traditional music from around the world alongside new work by composers inspired by these traditions. In this film, they perform Miklos Lukacs' 'Himnusz' (Hymn in Hungarian) 

Miklos is a close collaborator with Yurodny with whom they recorded Evenset, and played in Budapest with his trio Czimbiosis. 

The band comprises of: Nick Roth, saxophones; Francesco Turrisi, keyboards, percussion; Dave Redmond, double bass; Colm O’Hara, trombone; Phil Macmullan, drums; Cora Venus Lunny, violin, viola; Kate Ellis, cello; Adrian Hart, violin; Oleg Ponomarev, violin.

Commissioned and Curated by Wicklow Arts Office with the support of the Local Live Performance Scheme.

Produced by SoFFT productions.

Tickets

Tickets available via Mermaid Arts Centre, booking here.