Name: Sundays at Noon Present : Fionnuala Moynihan, piano
Start: 2023-10-08T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-10-08T13:00:00+01:00
Location: The Hugh Lane

Sundays at Noon Present :  Fionnuala Moynihan, piano

Sunday Concert Series

Sundays at Noon present : Fionnuala Moynihan, piano

The Hugh Lane

Sundays at Noon present: Fionnuala Moynihan – pianoBach – Goldberg Variations BWV 988In the Autumn of 1741 whilst still working upon the second book of Preludes and Fugues: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bach published the Goldberg Variations. They were originally composed for a harpsichord with two keyboards. The treasured Goldberg Variations consist of an aria followed by thirty variations ending with the return of the opening aria once again. 
It is believed that the Goldberg Variations were first performed by Bach himself in 1741 at one of his Collegium Musicum concerts. J.C. Goldberg, the talented young pupil of Bach for whom the work was composed, is believed to have performed them shortly afterwards in November 1741 in Dresden at the home of his patron: the diplomat, H.C.R. von Keyserlingk. It is ironic that one of the most celebrated works for keyboard was in fact composed at the request of Goldberg’s patron who required lengthy music as a solace for insomnia.
However, there is nothing sleep-inducing about this magnificent work. This music speaks of joy, radiance and certainly towards the end, of some kind of spiritual salvation. This scholarly work demands dexterity, speed, lightness of touch, dazzling independent finger work and ultimately, deeply felt musicianship.
Dr Fionnuala Moynihan is widely acknowledged as one of Ireland’s leading concert pianists. She has a particular affinity with the works of baroque, classical and early romantic composers. In 2010 Fionnuala performed the Complete Piano Sonatas of Mozart from memory in the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, in a series of five recitals. She is the first pianist to have undertaken the formidable challenge of performing this cycle in its entirety in Ireland. Since then, Fionnuala has performed seven complete piano sonata series performing the complete cycles by Mozart, Haydn, Clementi and Schubert. Fionnuala has given solo recitals and concerto performances throughout the UK, France, Holland, Italy, Israel, U.S.A, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, Poland, Japan, Holland and Hungary as well as extensively and regularly in Ireland. In 2009 Dr Fionnuala Moynihan became the first person to be awarded a Doctorate in Music Performance from the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Dublin City University. Prior to this, Fionnuala studied with scholarships at the Birmingham Conservatoire, The Paris Conservatoire and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. A prolific award winner, her awards include the John Field Prize at the Dublin International Piano Competition, the presitigious Maura Tessier Bursary and the Rena Menasche Award at the Tel Hai Piano Festival, Israel.Her debut CD ’The Ivory Lady’ was launched in January 2015. This CD is a classical-trad fusion CD and showcases Fionnuala’s love for both the classical and traditional music genres. In April 2016 she recorded a recital of sonatas by Muzio Clementi for The Lyric Concert on RTE Lyric FM Radio. Her latest CD, ‘Melodies of Nations’, with oboist Sanja Romic, was released on the Hedone Label in June 2017. Fionnuala holds the permanent position of University Pianist and Tutor in Keyboard at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth Website: <a href="http://www.fionnualamoynihan.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.fionnualamoynihan.com</a> Twitter: @finnmoynihan

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