Concerts

The Irish Memory Orchestra were a National Finalist and Galway County Winner in the Arts and Culture category at the prestigious National Lottery Good Causes Awards. We were delighted to attend the ceremony.

The Irish Memory Orchestra celebrated their 10th Anniversary with a special concert at Ireland’s National Concert Hall. Included the world premiere of the new Dave Flynn piece ‘Deich’ a 10th anniversary fanfare.

Matthew Berrill on saxophone/clarinets, Aisling Agnew on flutes, Dave Flynn on guitar and Aidan Dunphy on percussion.

The music in this concert is influenced by a variety of styles including traditional Irish, Jazz, Classical and African music and provides a snapshot of The Irish Memory Orchestra.

Flute – Aisling Agnew
Clarinet and Sax – Matthew Berrill
Guitar – Niwel Tsumbu
Percussion – Aidan Dunphy
This quartet comprises musicians who have all performed extensively with Dave Flynn’s ‘Irish Memory Orchestra’.
They will play compositions by Dave Flynn, including the movements ‘Kilbaha Jazz’, ‘The Mullah of Mullagh’ and ‘Midnight in Ballyvaughan’ from Flynn’s ‘Clare Concerto’. This performance will include a variety of other pieces including Flynn’s arrangement of Máirtín O’Connor’s composition ‘The Cuckoo’.

28 November – 01 December

• Dave Flynn Works performed –
• IMO String Quartet – String Quartet No.2 ‘The Cranning’, Stories from the Old World (with Mick O’Brien (pipes) and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (voice), Calmly Awaiting the End (with Mick O’Brien)
• Cliona Doris and Clare McCague (harps) – Harp-Lute (World Premiere)
• Farmleigh Voices (choir), conductor David Brophy – The Farmleigh Tree Alphabet (World Premiere), Liadan agus Cuirithir (World Premiere)
• Michael O’Toole (guitar) Two Minimalist Pieces for guitar, Etudes 1&3 for Guitar
• Beckett Guitar Quartet (Laura Snowden, Michael O’Toole, David Creevy, Dave Flynn) – Philip Glass (arr. Dave Flynn) String Quartets 2 (Company) and 3 (Mishima)
• Paddy Glackin (fiddle) & Dave Flynn (guitar) – The Mad Magician’s Daughter

• Symphony No.3 (The Vision Symphony) World premiere
• Symphony No.2 (The Clare Symphony World premiere
• Sadb’s Lament from Mna Brian Boru (Roisin Donohoe, Lead Vocal)

Includes UK Premieres of Music for the Departed, Sadb’s Lament and The Clare Concerto

Curated by Dave Flynn, included performances by the Irish Memory Orchestra with Mairtin O’Connor 

plus Stories from the Old World performed by IMO Quartet with Mick O’Brien and Breanndan Begley

Quirk No.2 Shadowplay performed by Aisling Agnew and Dave Flynn