The programme opens with Seóirse Bodley’s kaleidoscopic A Small White Cloud Drifts Over Ireland, celebrating the composer’s 90th birthday. Amanda Feery’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, completed in 2022 as the pandemic began to recede, sits at the centre of the evening’s programme, which culminates with MIDHE: a major new commission from Ann Cleare. Performed by solo voices, accordion, choir and orchestra, MIDHE invokes the Midlands of Ireland and – through the movement of sound and bodies throughout the entire concert hall space – reanimates a lost centre, offering fascinating new perspectives on what power and collectivity might mean.
Seóirse Bodley: A Small White Cloud Drifts Over Ireland (1975)
Amanda Feery: My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2022) [World Premiere]
Ann Cleare: MIDHE (2023) [World Premiere]
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 21st April, 7pm-10pm
