concert
Irish Rising
Crash Ensemble | Michael Gallen | Natalia Beylis | Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh | Rachael Lavelle | Michelle O’Rourke
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 — 20:30
Église Saint-Paul
— 6 to 18€
carte musica 13€
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A leading figure in contemporary Irish music, Donnacha Dennehy is the founder of Crash Ensemble and one of the key architects of Dublin’s contemporary music renewal. His piece Land of Winter, whose recording received the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance, unfolds a writing that is both precise and physical, shaped by micro-intervals and repetitive processes. Inspired by the landscapes of western Ireland, the piece unfolds through slowly evolving masses of sound, as pulsations and shifting densities shape a musical space suspended between memory, persistence, and transformation.
Program
Land of Winter
(2022)
french premiere
composition Donnacha Dennehy
Cast
Crash Ensemble
violin Larissa O'Grady, Maria Ryan
viola Lisa Dowdall
cello Kate Ellis
double bass Caimin Gilmore
percussion Alex Petcu, Caitriona Frost
flutes, piccolo Susan Doyle
oboe, english horn Rebecca Halliday
clarinet, bass clarinet Leonie Bluett
clarinet Macdara Ó Seireadáin
bassoon, contrabassoon Cliona Warren
piano, celeste Andrew Zolinsky
trumpet, piccolo trumpet Erick Castillo Mora
french horn Dewi Jones
trombone Roddy O'Keeffe
conducting Ryan McAdams
