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

In celebration of Eileen Gray’s 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 explore the rich musical legacy of France’s iconic capital.

Eileen Gray’s Paris was a magnet for female creativity with such celebrated women as Coco Chanel, Charlotte Perriand, Gertrude Stein and the composers Nadia and Lili Boulanger taking their rightful place on the world’s artistic stage.  The final concert – Les Femmes – on Sunday, January 19th, 2014 at 3.00 pm, celebrates the music of the fascinating Boulanger sisters and highlights some of their musical influences including Fauré, Françaix and Astor Piazzolla.

Les Femmes

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

Fauré:        Elégie
William Butt, cello and Lance Coburn, piano

N Boulanger:    Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
William Butt, cello and Lance Coburn, piano

N Boulanger:    Three Songs
Lynda Lee, soprano and Hugh Tinney, piano

L Boulanger:    Deux Morceaux
Fionnuala Hunt, violin and Lance Coburn, piano

L Boulanger:    Theme and Variations
Lance Coburn, piano

Francaix:    String Trio
Fionnuala Hunt, violin; John Lynch, viola
and Christopher Marwood, cello

Piazzolla:    Verano Porteno
Fionnuala Hunt, violin; Christopher Marwood, cello
and Hugh Tinney, piano

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