Eileen Gray and Music in the City of Light - Les Français

Enniscorthy-born architect and designer, Eileen Gray, arrived in Paris, the City of Light, in 1902 at a time of unprecedented imagination and creativity.  Foreign artists and their French counterparts were engaged in transforming every genre of artistic expression during Gray’s formative years in the city that was to become her home.   In celebration of her creative genius and that of her musical peers, the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Irish Museum of Modern Art presents a three-concert series this winter in the magnificent setting of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Taking place during IMMA’s major retrospective of this significant Irish artist, Eileen Gray and Music in the City of Light, features many of Ireland’s finest musicians who will explores the rich musical legacy of France’s iconic capital.

Venue: The Royal Hospital Kilmainham at 3.00 pm
(Tickets €10 and €5 (concessions) available from the National Concert Hall)

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Debussy: Images Book I
Hugh Tinney, piano

Poulenc: Banalités
Lynda Lee, soprano and Alexander Bernstein, piano

Ravel: Violin Sonata in G major
Michael d’Arcy, violin and Hugh Tinney, piano

Saint-Saëns: Violons dans le soir
Lynda Lee, soprano; Michael d’Arcy, violin and Alexander Bernstein, piano

Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Schumann String Quartet

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