New Music Dublin: Crash Ensemble 'Limina', music by Donnacha Dennehy
The Studio, National Concert Hall
Ryan McAdams, Conductor; Eliza McCarthy, Solo piano; Adrian Hart, audio producer; Laura Sheeran, visuals.
Crash Ensemble: Susan Doyle, flute/piccolo; Rebecca Halliday, oboe/English horn; Leonie Bluett, clarinets/bass clarinet; Cliona Warren, bassoon/contrabassoon; Cuan Ó Seireadáin, french horn; David Collins, trumpet; Roddy O’Keeffe, trombone; Alex Petcu, percussion; Máire Carroll, keyboard/celesta; Courtney Orlando, violin; Maria Ryan, violin; Lisa Dowdall, viola; Killian White, cello; Caimin Gilmore, double bass.
Crash Ensemble present a programme of solo works by Donnacha Dennehy alongside the world premiere of his Limina – a piano chamber concerto written for pianist Eliza McCarthy. Ensemble founder and Guggenheim fellow Donnacha Dennehy’s ‘thrilling’ (The Guardian), and ‘arrestingly beautiful’ (The New Yorker) music has featured at festivals and venues worldwide. This performance draws together the vibrant, textural harmonies of his Overstrung (2010) for amplified acoustic violin and soundtrack with the rhythmic explosions of PADDY (2003) for solo percussion, and culminates in a visceral new concerto for piano and chamber ensemble that explores physiological thresholds.
Overstrung was originally written for Monica Germino and commissioned by Gaudeamus Muziekweek/Muziek Centrum Nederland and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Limina was commissioned by Eliza McCarthy, with funds from the Arts Council of Ireland, and Contemporaneous in New York.
Programme
Donnacha Dennehy - Overstrung (2010)
Donnacha Dennehy - PADDY (2003)
Donnacha Dennehy - Limina – a piano chamber concerto (2023) [World Premiere]
Tickets
Tickets available via New Music Dublin