concert

Irish Rising

Crash Ensemble | Michael Gallen | Natalia Beylis | Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh | Rachael Lavelle | Michelle O’Rourke

Performances

Fri, 25 Sep 2026

20:30

Duration: 3:00

A major evening taking the pulse of Ireland’s music scene today: a scene in motion, led by the Crash Ensemble and artists who connect oral traditions, contemporary writing, electronic forms and songs.

Shaped by a turbulent history and by a living relationship to tradition, contemporary Irish music today asserts a singular vitality. At the heart of the evening, Crash Ensemble presents several major figures from the Dublin scene — Ann Cleare, Ed Bennett, Andrew Hamilton, and Dónal Sarsfield — whose writings unsettle established frameworks with remarkable freedom. At the organ, Natalia Beylis opens up a more spectral territory, while Michael Gallen reveals his songwriter side. An evening to hear Ireland where it is transforming: in its frictions, margins, and metamorphoses.

Program

Crash Ensemble
Ed Bennett, Accel… (2017)

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, solo violin

Crash Ensemble
Ann Cleare, fiáin (2017)

Michael Gallen, solo piano

Michelle O'Rourke, Crash ensemble
Andrew Hamilton, Music for people who like art (2009)

Natalia Beylis, solo organ

Crash Ensemble
Dónal Sarsfield, The Snare piece (2013)

Rachael Lavelle & Crash Ensemble

curated by Kate Ellis, Cellist and Aristic Director of Crash Ensemble

supported by Culture Ireland