Evening Concert Programme
Fleadh Nua 2013 will feature a programme of evening Concerts in the West County Hotel, Glór, Cois na hAbhna and The Old Ground Hotel.
The Meeting of Bulgarian & Irish Traditions
Tue 21st May, 8.00pm | Cois na hAbhna
Members of the Shiroka Laka music school in southern Bulgaria will perform music and dances from their region in the lovely setting of Cois na hAbhna. The concert will also feature performers from the Denis Liddy School of Music, Clare in what will be an evening of wonderful music and contrasts. The performer from Bulgaria will be in Ireland for the week of Fleadh Nua.
Tickets €5
Ceol na mBan
Thu 23rd May, 7.30pm | The Old Ground Hotel
This will be “Ladies’s Night” with this intimate concert at The Old Ground Hotel. The concert will feature Joan Hanrahan, Bríd O’Gorman & Geraldine Cotter, Paula O’Regan, Alisha McMahon and Eimear Coughlan, as well as the ex-Solas singer, Deirdre Scanlan. Special guests at the concert will be well known Clare concertina player, Edel Fox and the great Galway fiddle playing sisters, Liz & Yvonne Kane.
Tickets €10
Four Men & a Dog
Fri 24th May, 8.00pm | West County Hotel, Limerick Road
The internationally acclaimed group, Four Men and a Dog will pay a rare visit to Clare to perform at the West County Hotel, Ennis. Support will be provided by the Niamh Ní Charra Band.
Tickets €20
Recitals "Voice & fiddle and building New Ross"
Sat 25th May 7.00pm | Old Ground Hotel
This recital is an innovative collaboration of fiddle and voice by two very talented and respected performers. Daire Ó Breacáin, is a gifted fiddle player and member of Slide and Lorcán MacMathúna, whose CD ‘Northern Lights’ is an exciting and unique work in which Traditional Irish music and Ireland’s oldest singing style, sean nós, is put in contrast to Scandinavian musical traditions and singing styles, will evoke feeling and passion with his unique style of singing.
For the past four years Daire and Lorcán have been redefining the terms for how the fiddle can combine with the voice in Irish music. Inspired by oral dance meters, medieval Irish poetry and a massive chain dance by the people of New Ross on the building of the town’s walls; they have defined new possibilities of rhythm and harmony in the partnership of voice and fiddle. Containing some recognisable tunes (such as Na Ceannabháin Bhána and Páidín Ó Rafairte) as well as a pile of new compositions their duet of voice and fiddle is, exciting, unexpected and refreshing. This is duet playing at its best.
Tickets €5
The Gathering Concert
Sat 25th May, 8.00pm | West County Hotel
This concert will celebrate the richness and strength of Irish Traditional Music in Britain and pay tribute to the many musicians who play and promote it. In particular we will honour Brendan Mulkere, musician and teacher, who has done so much to pass the tradition on to new generations. The concert will feature a host of musicians from London and Ireland, including, Brendan Mulkere, John Carty, James Carty, Niall Keegan, John Bowe, Terence O’Flaherty, Sinéad Egan, The Whelton Family and many others.
The concert will also feature a performance by the legendary Thatch Céilí Band, two time winners of the All-Ireland Senior Céilí Band competitions in the 90's and a major influence on the revival of traditional music in London region during the 1970's and 1980's.
Tickets €10
The Kilfenora Céilí Band in Concert
Sun 26th May, 8.00pm | Glór Irish Music Centre
The legendary Kilfenora will close the Fleadh Nua concert programm with a performance of their new show, ‘Spraoi’, which celebrates ‘The Gathering’. Joining the Kilfenora will be Michael Donnellan, singer Don Stiffe from Galway and the West Clare Set Dancers.
Tickets €20
Booking
Tickets for all events are available from the venues, from Custy’s Music Shop, Cook Street, Ennis (065) 6821727 and from Glór Box Office, www.glor.ie or (065) 684 3103
