Róisín O’Grady • Aoife Nic Athlaoich • Malcom Proud
Thursday Sep 21st 2017 • 8:30 pm | The Large Room • City Hall
Róisín O’Grady soprano
Aoife Nic Athlaoich, cello
Malcom Proud, harpsichord and piano
A selection of music for voice, piano, and strings commemorates the club’s first concert on 17 September 1942. We focus on Baroque music in the first half, including a 17th century woman composer, Barbara Strozzi, while the second half begins with a setting of Michael Coady’s poem The Great Embrace by our Artistic Advisor, Marian Ingoldsby, which was commissioned for this occasion.
75th Birthday Concert / Elizabeth Downey Memorial Concert

Róisín O’Grady has performed with early music ensembles, orchestras and choral societies throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom. Aoife Nic Athlaoich teaches cello at the Cork School of Music, and is a member of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Malcom Proud has given harpsichord and organ recitals throughout Europe, North America and Japan.
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Programme
Monteverdi
Laudate Dominum (Psalm 150)
StrozziLagrime Mie (cantata)
Geminianionata for cello and basso continuo (Opus 5)
PurcellFour Songs
Ingoldsbyhe Great Embrace (Michael Coady)
SchubertFive Lieder
BeethovenSeven variations for cello and piano on a theme from Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’; Four Irish Songs