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Sounds of the Silk Road featuring the Hilliard Ensemble, Ivan Monighetti, Lydia Kavina and the EQ Ensemble perform in St.Peter's Church of Ireland Drogheda on Friday 29 April 2011 at 8pm. Tickets available from 0818 205 205 or on the door
The first concert in the Sounds of the Silk Road series will take place in St Peter’s Church of Ireland, Drogheda on the 29 April 2011 at 8pm. The concert will feature work which was specially commissioned by the Louth Contemporary Music Society by Dmitri Yanov Yanovsky, a highly talented and well regarded composer from Tashkent, Uzbekistan a country at the crossroads of the rich and oriental and Islamic traditions of Central Asia.
The piece ‘Morning’ is based on text from Robert Lax's poem of the same name. It has been written for and will be performed by the renowned Hilliard Ensemble who have performed in Louth on a previous occasion, singing works by Arvo Part. Ivan Monighetti, one of the world’s most accomplished cellists along with some of the foremost Irish musicians in the newly formed EQ Ensemble : Maria McGarry(piano), Malachy Robinson (double bass), Cliona Doris (harp), Deirdre O'Leary (clarinet), Susan Doyle (flute), Chris Stynes(percussion),Maeve O'Hara(percussion),Elizabeth Cooney(violin), Cian O'Duill(viola).
The performance will also include another of Dmitri's works called Nightmusic – Voices in the Leaves which was written for Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble.
World renowned Lydia Kavina will open the concert with a contemporary piece called Kitezh 19, by Iraida Yusupova. Lydia plays music on a Theremin, an electronic instrument which makes music without touching. It is an unusual instrument based upon the technology of proximity meters and was invented and pioneered by Lydia’s great uncle Leon Theremin in the 1920’s. Lydia will run the Theramin workshop for the interested and simply curious.
Sounds of the Silk Road is presented by Louth Contemporary Music Society (LCMS) in association with Drogheda Arts Festival. The event is funded by The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon and financially supported by Create Louth.
Tickets for the performance priced €15 are available from www.centralticketbureau.com (0818 205 205) and http://www.droghedaartsfestival.ie (00 353 41 9833946)
(Photo of The Hilliard Ensemble by Friedrun Reinhold)
