Ruaille Buaille Festival: Dave Flynn & the Irish Memory Orchestra Chamber Group Present ÉIN (The Birds of Dublin)

On Saturday 11th June, Dave Flynn & the  Irish Memory Orchestra Chamber Group present the premiere of ÉIN (The Birds of Dublin) as part of the Cruinniu celebrations at Ruaille Buaille, Lucan’s Children’s Music Festival.

Composer Dave Flynn said “Every day we hear natural music all around us, the sound of birdsong. We grow so used to these sounds that they tend to drift into the background. As children, our ears are in a vital developmental stage, so what would happen if children were really engaged with the magical sounds of Dublin birdsong through music performed by world-class musicians?”

With ÉIN, composer Dave Flynn transfers the sounds of some of Dublin’s very musical birds into new music composed for versatile members of the Irish Memory Orchestra including Aisling Agnew (flute), Aidan Dunphy (percussion), Maria O’Connor (cello) and Róisín Donohoe (viola & voice). By weaving together the sounds available on voice, flutes, whistles, percussion and strings, Flynn and his colleagues open up new ways for children to learn about the beauty of birdsong.

Alongside brand-new music composed by Flynn, the musicians will play imaginative new arrangements of traditional tunes like The Blackbird, The Skylark and The Swallow’s Tail which incorporate bird sounds among the trad melodies.

ÉIN (The Birds of Dublin) was commissioned by Creative Ireland South Dublin for Ruaille Buaille, Lucan’s Children’s Music Festival with Cruinniú South Dublin 2022.

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This is a FREE open family event as part of the Cruinniú celebrations, more info here.