JACK Quartet / Carol McGonnell
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JACK Quartet / Carol McGonnell

Ambitious new work by Ann Cleare for quartet and clarinet in historic Richmond Barracks

By Dublin International Chamber Music Festival

Date and time

Tuesday, June 4 · 7:30 - 9pm GMT+1

Location

Richmond Barracks

Saint Michael's Estate D08 YY05 Dublin 8 Ireland

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About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

JACK Quartet
Carol McGonnell, clarinet

Ruth Crawford Seeger: String Quartet 1931
Kaija Saariaho: Duft for Solo Clarinet
Juri Seo: Three Imaginary Chansons (Irish première)
Ann Cleare: Clarinet Quintet (world première)

DICMF is proud to open the 2024 iteration of Ireland’s longest- running chamber music festival with an ambitious new work for clarinet and string quartet by Ann Cleare. Commissioned by DICMF, with funds from The Arts Council, the work takes its inspiration from the iconic surroundings of Dublin’s Richmond Barracks, a building of historical importance with over 200 years of military, political and social history located in Inchicore.

A recipient of a prestigious 2019 Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize, Ann Cleare is one of Ireland’s most celebrated and innovative compositional voices. The world première of her work will be performed by acclaimed musicians, clarinettist Carol McGonnell and JACK Quartet.

All acknowledged champions of new music and deeply committed to commissioning new works, these exceptional musicians embrace close collaboration with the composers whose works they perform, leading to a radical embodiment of the technical, musical and emotional aspects of their work.

Ruth Crawford Seeger’s String Quartet 1931 “a significant contribution to the canon of American modernism” (New York Times), Kaija Saariaho’s Duft, commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation for the International Clarinet Competition Freiburg, and the Irish première of composer/pianist Juri Seo’s Three Imaginary Songs also feature in this completing programme.

An exciting start to DICMF 2024.


Evening 3-concert package available for €35. Includes this concert, Abel Selaocoe at the Complex on Wed June 5th, 7:30pm, and Carroll/Fahy/McGinley/McSwiney/Moynihan on Sat June 8th, 7:30pm.

Please book this ticket via the Abel Selaocoe concert page here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/878985297687?aff=oddtdtcreator


Presented in partnership with Dublin City Council Culture Company and Richmond Barracks

Supported by Dublin City Council


Richmond Barracks, Off Bulfin Road, Inchicore, D08 YY05
www.richmondbarracks.ie | +353 1524 2532
Richmond Barracks is a building of historical importance located in Inchicore. In 2016, major refurbishment works were completed on Richmond Barracks as part of a Dublin City Council Community Partnership to restore and commemorate the heritage of the building. It is now home to a library, garden, and Culture Connects, a programme of cultural activities that celebrate the experiences and interests of the local communities and people.

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Dublin International Chamber Music Festival

The Dublin International Chamber Music Festival (formerly Great Music in Irish Houses) is Ireland’s longest-established chamber music festival and was founded in Castletown House in 1970. Since then, the month of June has been a musical summer must for Irish chamber music devotees. Our objective was and still is, to present concerts of chamber music, “the music of friends” in the sort of smaller, intimate spaces for which the music was originally written, away from the more formal setting of a concert hall. Over the years we have offered Irish audiences the opportunity to hear some of the finest international and Irish artists perform a vast range of chamber music in a variety of Ireland’s most historic and notable buildings, spaces that would not normally resound with beautiful and exciting music. Stately Irish Houses are juxtaposed with some of the country’s iconic, modern buildings showing the diversity of Irish architectural and interior design. From that small sapling planted in Castletown House, the great oak that is now the current Festival has grown and is recognised widely as a prestigious platform for world-class musicians.

DICMF is a non-profit making organisation and depends on the support of sponsors and Friends to continue its work into the future. It is funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

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