Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble: Chilean Tour featuring New Music from Ireland & Chile

Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble: Aisling Agnew (flutes), Sarah Watts (clarinets), Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin), Yseult Cooper Stockdale (cello), Daniel Browell (piano)

Featuring guest musician: Sebastiàn Nahuelcoy (vibraphone)

Conducted by Paul McCusker

This tour will begin at the UC Music Institute and then continue to La Serena and Valdivia. The ensemble will premiere three works commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation from composers Esteban Correa, Cristian Morales Ossio, and Felipe Pinto d'Aguiar, who are professors at the University of La Serena, the Catholic University, and the Austral University of Chile, respectively. The programme will also feature four works by Irish composers Elaine Agnew, Úna Monaghan, Rhona Clarke and Jane O'Leary.

Subsequently, there will be concerts on September 8 at the University of La Serena and on September 12 at the Austral University.

This tour is supported by Culture Ireland. MUSICAHORA and Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble's collaboration was initiated at New Music Dublin eXchange (NMDX), CMC and New Music Dublin's international exchange programme.

Programme

Elaine Agnew - Green

Úna Monaghan - ​ Hunted (world premiere)

Rhona Clarke -Non-Stop

Jane O'Leary - Skips and Swirls (world premiere)

Felipe Pinto d'Aguiar - Remansos*

Cristian Morales Ossio - Políptico 1 (Péndulo)*

Esteban Correa - La industria de la nostalgia*

*Commissions supported by the Ernest Von Siemens Foundation

Tickets

Free event, visit website for more information.