Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope, says The Irish Times, is “the sort of thing our Cultural Ambassador should be shouting about.” The brainchild of violinist Cliodhna Ryan and cellist Kate Ellis, this laidback, salon-style music night has been selling out the Odessa club in Dublin since 2009, and now its warm, informal style comes to the Kilkenny Design Centre for two special evenings of music, song, and surprise.

This is not a formal concert with hard chairs and polite applause; Kaleidoscope invites you to grab a drink, relax and settle into a sofa as some of Europe’s finest musicians bring you an exhilarating programme of everything from Baroque to contemporary music. On Wednesday evening Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Muldoon reads ‘Dame Alice and I’; a specially-written poem about the Kilkenny ‘witch’ Dame Alice Kyteler, designed to inspire audiences and musicians alike, while Laoise O’Brien brings some traditional airs and soprano Michelle Sheridan performs pieces by Brahms and John Tavener. On Thursday Maya Homburger and Barry Guy from Camerata Kilkenny play works both ancient and (brand) new, including a sonata by Biber and Star by the young Irish composer Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, while multimedia sound artist Philip Jeck joins jazz pianist Francesco Turrisi for a unique collaboration.

Programme Wednesday 10 August

MEDIAEVAL AND BAROQUE AIRS
Performed by Laoise O'Brien (recorder), Sarah Groser (viola da gamba)

JOHN TAVENER: Excerpt from 'To a Child Dancing in the Wind'
Michelle Sheridan (soprano), Marie-Louise Bowe (viola)

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Funf Ophelia Lieder
Michelle Sheridan (soprano), Cliodhna Ryan, Anita Vedres (violin),
Marie-Louise Bowe (viola), Kate Ellis (cello)

PAUL MULDOON: 'Dame Alice and I' (world premiere)
Read by Paul Muldoon

CHRISTINE TOBIN: 'Dame Alice and I'
A setting of Paul Muldoon's poem to music

CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Syrinx
Fiona Kelly (flute)

ORIGINAL MATERIAL
Performed by Christine Tobin (voice) and Phil Robson (guitar)

Programme Thursday 11 August

HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER: Sonata IX & Sonata X
Maya Homburger (baroque violin), Barry Guy (double bass)

FRANZ SCHUBERT: String Trio in B flat major
Amarilli Trio - Maria Ryan (violin), Patricia Ramirez Reinoso (viola),
Leonardo Sesenna (cello)

STEVE REICH: Electric Counterpoint
Niwel Tsumbu (guitar)

BENEDICT SCHLEPPER-CONNOLLY: Star
Maya Homburger (baroque violin), Barry Guy (double bass)

ORIGINAL MATERIAL
Performed by Philip Jeck, Francesco Turrisi, Matthew Nolan and Bryan O'Connell

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the sort of thing our Cultural Ambassador should be shouting about.

- The Irish Times

one of the coolest things going.

- The Irish Times

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