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W e a r e d e l i g h t e d t o a n n o u n c e o u r 1 1 t h a n n u a l C h a m b e r
M u s i c o n V a l e n t i a F e s t i v a l . F o l l o w i n g o u r l a n d m a r k 1 0 t h
a n n i v e r s a r y i n 2 0 2 3 , w e h a v e a p u t t o g e t h e r a
p r o g r a m m e o f c o n c e r t s , m u s i c w o r k s h o p s , i m m e r s i v e -
b a s e d e x p e r i e n c e s a n d p a r t i c i p a t i o n o p p o r t u n i t i e s t h a t
c e l e b r a t e m u s i c f r o m a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d .
T h e r e i s s o m e t h i n g f o r e v e r y o n e a n d w e l o o k f o r w a r d t o w e l c o m i n g y o u t o t h e i s l a n d .
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c u r a t o r s h i p h i g h l i g h t s i n c l u d e : ‘ F o u r S e a s o n s o n V a l e n t i a ’ w h e r e w e c l o s e t h e f e s t i v a l
w i t h a l l o f V i v a l d i ’ s ‘ F o u r S e a s o n s ’ ; a f o c u s o n h a r p s w i t h t h e s t u n n i n g H A R P L A N D b y
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k o r a p l a y e r a n d c e l l i s t , T u n d e J e g e d e ; g e m s o f t h e c h a m b e r r e p e r t o i r e i n c l u d i n g
B o r o d i n , B e e t h o v e n , B r a h m s , M o e r a n . T h e o p e n i n g c o n c e r t w a r m l y w e l c o m e s b a c k
D u o S i n g e r & F i s c h e r f r o m S w i t z e r l a n d w i t h m u s i c f o r c e l l o a n d g u i t a r f r o m B a c h t o t h e s i g h t s a n d s o u n d s o f S p a i n . G r á i n n e M u l v e y i s o u r f e a t u r e d I r i s h c o m p o s e r a n d a s e v e r w e a r e d e l i g h t e d t o s u p p o r t Y o u n g A r t i s t s t h r o u g h o u r p r o g r a m m e s a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s .
T h r o u g h o u t t h e F e s t i v a l o t h e r h i g h l i g h t s a n d e n g a g e m e n t o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n c l u d e
m a s t e r c l a s s e s , a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o p e r f o r m w i t h F e s t i v a l A r t i s t s , a n d t h e n o w m u c h
l o v e d ‘ M u s i c a l M a p ’ o n S a t u r d a y 1 7 t h . W e h a v e l a t e n i g h t c o n c e r t s o f t h e u n i q u e
m u s i c o f E r i c S a t i e i n t h e ‘ S a t i e H o u r ’ a n d T u n d e J e g e d e ‘ s ‘ T e s t i m o n y ’ f e a t u r i n g t h i s
a r t i s t o n k o r a a n d c e l l o . W e f e a t u r e w o n d e r f u l a r t i s t s D a r r a g h M o r g a n ( v i o l i n ) ,
E l i s a b e t h P e r r y ( v i o l i n ) , K e i t h P a s c o e ( v i o l i n ) , C a r m e n F l o r e s ( v i o l a ) , S é b a s t i e n S i n g e r
( c e l l o ) , A n d r é F i s c h e r ( g u i t a r ) , R u t h W a l l ( h a r p s ) , G r a h a m F i t k i n ( e l e c t r o n i c s ) , T u n d e
J e g e d e ( k o r a / c e l l o ) , O r l a C h a r l t o n ( a c t o r ) . A l l o f t h i s h a p p e n s w i t h i n a m u l t i t u d e o f
u n i q u e v e n u e s o n V a l e n t i a I s l a n d .
W e l o o k f o r w a r d t o y o u j o i n i n g u s f o r o u r 1 1 t h F e s t i v a l t h i s A u g u s t i n a r a n g e o f
u n i q u e v e n u e s o n V a l e n t i a I s l a n d . A s e v e r t h a n k y o u t o o u r s u p p o r t e r s , v e n u e s , v o l u n t e e r s a n d a u d i e n c e i n m a k i n g t h i s F e s t i v a l e x i s t i n s u c h a m a g i c a l p l a c e .
M a r y D u l l e a A r t i s t i c D i r e c t o r
HARPLAND
Saturday, 17 AUGUST 2024 | 7.30pm at Church of St. John the Baptist, Knightstown with Ruth Wall harps Graham Fitkin composer & live sound Peter Freeman light installation Charlie Rickitt sound engineer
Please note that this event features flashing lights.
EVENT OVERVIEW
HARPLAND loosely orbits round the not-so-new phenomenon of migration. Focusing on old Scottish melodies, it uses only the sounds from Ruth’s three harps, which Graham then manipulates and expands. There is also a specially commissioned light installation from artist Peter Freeman, and you will hear excerpts from interviews with migrants into Scotland that Ruth interviewed earlier this year.
Since homo sapiens came out of Africa between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago, humans have populated the planet at an increasing rate. There are over 8 billion of us and we move around a lot, motivated by many different triggers. Geological and geographic changes were key to the movement of people north from Africa, as was climate change. And climate change is causing migration once more right now. There are forced migrations, such as refugees from war or cross-Atlantic slavery. There are voluntary or aspirational migrations such as Europeans to America from the late 19th century onwards, or the colonisation of Australia. Then there is the recruitment of workers from abroadTurkish workers to West Germany in the 1960s, Asian workers in the building of Gulf States' infrastructure or the UK's use of Commonwealth labour.
HARPLAND concentrates on one small aspect of this huge topic and it’s Ruth's Scottish highland background that has driven it. The enforced eviction and subsequent migration of families and crofters from the highlands, as part of 'the clearances’ changed the landscape and people’s relationship with it. We chose
predominantly old Scottish melodies that refer to parting, loss of home or community, and remoulded them for old and new instruments.
Atholl
Geal Og Uist
Y Gog
Red Red Rose
Beinn Dorain
- Interval -
Harris Gregor
I Ho Ro
Yalda
Nam Ban
Ale Is Dear 17 Come Sunday
Thanks to our interviewees - Lewis Backie, Mariya Bezkorovanya, Farhad, SL, Brigitte Geddes, Marija Matvejeva, Malcolm Baxter, Rhona and Alec Morrison.
Thanks to Tim Oliver and Real World, Alessandro Baldessari, Nick Cook, Genevieve Martin, Steve Tanner, Berta Valverde, Ian Kingsnorth, Cultivator Cornwall, Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees, Patricia Findlay, Max Whitby and Fiona Barclay at natureguides.com
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Full biographies are available on the website
RUTH WALL HARP
Scottish harpist Ruth Wall performs on concert and lever harps, buzzing Renaissance bray harp and Gaelic wire strung harp. She is passionate about new music and performs with groups such as BBC Concert Orchestra, Goldfrapp, Kathryn Tickell, Sacconi Quartet, and London Chamber Orchestra. Ruth has performed at venues including Berlin Philharmonic, Eden Project, Sydney Opera House, Spiral Hall Tokyo, Tate Gallery and Glastonbury as well as recording at studios including Air Lyndhurst, Abbey Road and Maida Vale.
GRAHAM FITKIN COMPOSER & LIVE SOUND
I compose for live performance, for recordings, dance, media and installations. I work with acoustic instruments, electronic instruments and audio recordings. Here is a selection of the type of work I do:
• Orchestral – previously Composer-in-Residence with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orch, Composer-in-Residence with London Chamber Orch. Commissions from the Halle, BBC Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony Orch, RSNO, Athens Camerata, BBC Symphony Orch, BBC Concert Orch.
• Chamber – collaborations include those with Yo-Yo Ma, The Sacconi Quartet, Kathryn Stott, Nederlands Blazersensemble, Powerplant, Will Gregory, Ensemble Bash, Piano Circus, Simon Haram
• Cross-Art – projects include those with Tate St Ives, Minack Theatre, a VR collaboration with Shezad Dawood, the Geography music app for HFC and the tree-planting Birch 2020 project.
M ORE EVENTS
SATURDAY, 17 AUGUST 2024
Testimony with Tunde Jegede Late Night Solos Concert
SUNDAY, 18 AUGUST 2024
Lunchtime with Harps & Strings Concert
Finale: Four Seasons on Valentia Concert
9.30pm | Church of the Immaculate Conception, Knightstown
1.00pm | Church of St. Dorarca and St. Teresa, Chapeltown
7.30pm | Church of the Immaculate Conception, Knightstown
To find out more about our 2024 events, please visit chambermusiconvalentia.com/our-2024-festival or call +353 (83) 096 5977
GO RAIBH MAITH AGAT
W e a r e g r a t e f u l t o a l l o f o u r F r i e n d s a n d S u p p o r t e r s f o r t h e i r c o m m i t m e n t a n d
c o n t r i b u t i o n s W e a c k n o w l e d g e t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f A r t s C o u n c i l I r e l a n d / A n
C h o m h a i r l e E a l a í o n , R T É S u p p o r t i n g t h e A r t s , K e r r y C o u n t y C o u n c i l /
C o m h a i r l e C o n t a e C h i a r r a í , F e x c o , M u s i c G e n e r a t i o n K e r r y , E m b a s s y o f
S w i t z e r l a n d i n I r e l a n d , a n d S w i s s A r t s C o u n c i l .
T h e F e s t i v a l w o u l d n o t b e p o s s i b l e w i t h o u t t h e h e l p o f s o m a n y v o l u n t e e r s o n
V a l e n t i a w h o a s s i s t w i t h v e n u e s , e q u i p m e n t , a d v e r t i s i n g , a c c o m m o d a t i o n a n d
a h o s t o f o t h e r b e h i n d t h e s c e n e s a c t i v i t i e s t h a t m a k e t h e F e s t i v a l r u n
s m o o t h l y
OUR PRINCIPAL PARTNERS
OUR FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
F R I E N D S O F T H E F E S T I V A L
M a r g a r e t a n d D e n i s D u l l e a
M a r g o t F e r w e r d a
R o s a l e e n O ’ M u i r c h e a r t a i g h
D a v i d a n d B r e n d a W i l k e s