International Concert Series 2024-25
Thursday, 17th October 2024
Windsor Auditorium, Windsor Building
with Mary Dullea Piano
Estimated finish time: 9 15pm
Please no flash photography or visual/audio recording throughout the event.
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J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) arr. Dame Myra Hess (1890 – 1965) ‘Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring’ (1723, arr. 1926)
Rhona Clarke (b. 1958) Gleann Dá Loch (1995, rev. 2016)
Gráinne Mulvey (b. 1966) Interference Patterns (2014)
Jane O’ Leary (b. 1946) ‘Five Bagatelles’ (2013)
Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896) ‘Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann’, Op. 20 (1853)
Siobhán Cleary (b. 1970), Jane O’Leary (b. 1946), Amanda Feery (b. 1984), Anna Murray (b. 1987), Marian Ingoldsby (b. 1965), Rhona Clarke (b. 1958), ‘Reflections on a Theme by Clara Schumann’ (2019)
Thisprogrammeofmusicbywomen composers is one that is close to Mary'sheartandasharingofworks that she has played and promoted for many years. The Hess arrangement is a joy of orchestration at the piano, Clara Schumann's ‘Variations’ arebyturn intimate and virtuosic, again revelling in the piano as an instrument. The other works programmed are by distinguished IrishcomposersMaryhasrecorded and/or performed internationally and present a snapshot of the wealth of new music for piano by Irishcomposers.
As soloist and chamber musician, Irish pianist Mary Dullea leads a diverse performance career internationally. Her frequent broadcasts include BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, RTHK, RTÉ Lyric FM, WQXR,RadioNewZealandandSky Arts, Irish, French, Austrian and
Italian television. Concerto appearances include RTÉ Concert Orchestra,RTÉNationalSymphony Orchestra and KZN Philharmonic Orchestra. Of her multiple CD releases, recent collaborations include premiere recordings of Philip Glass for Orange Mountain Music and, on Divine Art Métier, solo piano music from Iran by composers Amir Mahyar TafreshipourandHormozFarhat.
Mary’s expansive repertoire covers thestandardpianoliteratureaswell as an ever-increasing amount of 20th- and 21st- century compositions, many of which are dedicated to her. Her piano trio, Fidelio Trio, are passionate advocates for piano trio repertoire around the world. They were shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards Ensemble Prize and have been Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choicefortheirrecordings.Thetrio haveappearedatprestigiousvenues around the globe including Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room SouthbankCentre,Casa da Musica Porto, Morrison Artist Series San Francisco, Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh, National Centre for Performing Arts Mumbai, Beijing Modern Music Festival, National Concert Hall Dublin, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Brighton Festival, CheltenhamFestivalandGümüşlük
International Classical Music Festival. They have collaborated with actor Adrian Dunbar, writer Alexander McCall-Smith and poet Sinead Morrissey. Constantly commissioning new works, composers that the Trio have worked closely with include Johannes Maria Staud, Donnacha Dennehy, Joe Cutler, Judith Weir, Piers Hellawell, Ann Cleare and Charles Wuorinen, to name but a few.
MaryisthecuratorofSoundings(an annual UK/Austrian collaborative music festival) at the Austrian Cultural Forum London from since 2008.Shehasservedonthejuryof ‘Schubert und die Musik der Moderne’ International Chamber MusicCompetitioninGraz,Austria. In 2014 she founded 'Chamber Music on Valentia' an annual chambermusicfestivalinCo.Kerry, Ireland, with the aim of bringing chamber music performances of international standing, innovative programming and outreach and engagement programmes to this uniqueplace.
Mary’s own studies were at The RoyalCollegeofMusic,Londonon the Edith Best Scholarship, Goldsmiths, University of London (MMus)andherPhDinPerformance isfromUlsterUniversity.Marywas onthepianofacultyofRoyalWelsh College of Music and Drama for 9
years. She previously held the positionofDirectorofPerformance atUniversityofSheffieldandsince 2015 she has held this position at Royal Holloway, University of LondonwheresheisalsoaProfessor inMusic.
