New Dennehy Sean Nós settings as part of 10th Anniversary national tour
After a triumphant debut in New York, Crash Ensemble, Ireland’s foremost contemporary classical ensemble, will perform a new set of Sean Nós settings for Iarla Ó Lionáird at the Sionna Festival. Written by Crash Ensemble’s Artistic Director and Composer Donnacha Dennehy, this concert is the beginning of a national tour and the 10th Anniversary celebrations of a company renowned for its compositions and interpretations of cutting-edge music.
The programme for the Sionna Festival concert includes the 2nd Irish performance of the highly acclaimed Grá agus Bás, written by Dennehy for Ó Lionáird, as well as two new settings of sean nós songs. Also featuring will be a new piece by grandfather of minimalism, Terry Riley, written for Crash Ensemble - Loops for Ancient Giant Nude Hairy Warriors Racing Down the Slopes of Battle – which evokes scenes of ancient celtic Ireland and is heavily inspired by old Irish art.
The concert will also feature work by Ziporyn. Alan Pierson, of New York-based ensemble Alarm Will Sound, will be conducting and performing in the concert.
